A review by lachateau
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

“How can someone do this to another human being? He wonders if for the rest of his life, be it short or long, he will be defined by this moment, this irregular number: 32407.“

This is a whole story about tragic love from two parts of the world in WWII. I’ve read another book that has quite similar plot with this— All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr—the camp called Auschwitz somewhere in Deutschland with people from France. You will find many crucial numbers, events, places, and tragedies in this book. The tattooist in the title remain a huge influence of survival in the world back then. 

The Tattooist of Auschwitz is a book about loss, survival, and love. Despite the exact war that happened during that time, I more lean into romance story between Lale and Gita. It’s so beautifully written with simple language usage. I didn’t find lot of thesaurus of poem in this book which makes this book floats easily as I was turning the page. Otherwises, this is so clichè (do I allow to say this?) which actually the story can be wider and deeper if they want to make it more poetic in their climax. Overall, I recommend all WWII background enthusiast to add this book on their shelves!