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A review by sssnoo
The Girl with the Leica by Helena Janeczek
2.0
I can give this author the benefit of the doubt and say the translation was the issue. Or that the literary value was way beyond my appreciation level. But I did not enjoy this read. I finished it t because it is for a Book club I love but I had to force myself to read 50-60 pp/day like it was a dreaded school assignment. To me it was like a shitty first draft that needed serious support during and revision so the reader could follow what was going on.
In truth, there was some interest in exploring the political left that demonstrated the most opposition to the rising fascist governments in 1930’s Europe. Ironic that those groups, largely communist, were the groups vilified post war. So that was interesting. And occasionally there was a paragraph I could follow easily and more rarely a page or two, but mostly I struggled just to connect the dots of the narrative. Reading should not be this hard.
My book club meets tomorrow and perhaps I will be enlightened by others as to why I should appreciate this book more. I kind of doubt it though.
In truth, there was some interest in exploring the political left that demonstrated the most opposition to the rising fascist governments in 1930’s Europe. Ironic that those groups, largely communist, were the groups vilified post war. So that was interesting. And occasionally there was a paragraph I could follow easily and more rarely a page or two, but mostly I struggled just to connect the dots of the narrative. Reading should not be this hard.
My book club meets tomorrow and perhaps I will be enlightened by others as to why I should appreciate this book more. I kind of doubt it though.