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A review by maddiea247
Cilka's Journey by Heather Morris
3.0
i think it's hard to rate these books. acknowledging that both the tattooist of Auschwitz and Cilka's journey are based off true stories inclines me to rate higher, but after reading some of the controversy surrounding the author's publishing of the books, i'm leaning towards rating lower. so we sit at a 3 star.
i think that despite the author claiming a clear distinction between what is factual and fictional, there isn't one, and so it does feel like the characters' experiences in Auschwitz and the Soviet prisons are romanticized and not taken as seriously.
i connected more to this book than to #1 because i feel Cilka's character was more developed than Lale's, but simply put i disagree with treating these terrible events without their due gravity, especially considering the family's desire to keep this book from being published and the denouncement from the Aushwitz memorial.
note, Cilka's Journey was on my book club list, and i hadn't read the tattooist of Auschwitz yet, so i read both.
i think that despite the author claiming a clear distinction between what is factual and fictional, there isn't one, and so it does feel like the characters' experiences in Auschwitz and the Soviet prisons are romanticized and not taken as seriously.
i connected more to this book than to #1 because i feel Cilka's character was more developed than Lale's, but simply put i disagree with treating these terrible events without their due gravity, especially considering the family's desire to keep this book from being published and the denouncement from the Aushwitz memorial.
note, Cilka's Journey was on my book club list, and i hadn't read the tattooist of Auschwitz yet, so i read both.