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readerkt2 's review for:
The Women in the Castle
by Jessica Shattuck
This was a hard book to read, not because I couldn't engage with it, but because the perspective is not of the winners of World War 2 but the losers. This is a perspective of after the war ends in Germany. Three women; one who sided with Hitler and was married to a Nazi, one who was married to and played a part in the resistance movement and one who was not a bright lady but beautiful and caught the eye of a handsome resister when she knew no better than that Hitler was right. All these women were broken by the war. They had to live with their guilt of being overly righteous and judgemental of those who did not believe the same as them. The woman who must live with the guilt of being complicit in the Nazi movement when she knew it was wrong. The woman who resisted and tried to save the others but in turn judged them and meddled with their lives, causing severe consequences she could not take back. Lastly, the beautiful one who only wanted to love and be loved but was unable to think beyond that and see that not knowing, not being involved, had its own consequences.
I am shocked that this book did not get more attention. This is a book that is relevant in our world today. Learning to see history, major events from all perspectives of the people who are blamed for atrocities. This is a powerful yet disturbing book that should be read by all.
I am shocked that this book did not get more attention. This is a book that is relevant in our world today. Learning to see history, major events from all perspectives of the people who are blamed for atrocities. This is a powerful yet disturbing book that should be read by all.