Review by heyitsgiulia - Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil

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Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil by Hannah Arendt

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

To really understand why I loved this book it's important, in my opinion, saying that I studied law and this book, before portraying the story of a nazi criminal, for me it was the story of a trial. I found so interesting the author point of view, especially I appreciated how she remained objectively critical towards the trial, without getting carried away by sentimentality. This is even more impressive if we think that we are talking about criticizing a trial towards a nazi criminal by a Jewish author. That said, I would suggest this book to everyone, because it's important to understand how simple is hiding ourself behind lies, believing that we are doing something good only because someone else is telling us that we are. In our everyday life we should think more about our actions and how these actions can impact the life of other people and our world, because, most of the times, our action have a huge impact on other's lives, even if we don't see it directly.

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