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madame_psychosis 's review for:

The Tin Drum by Günter Grass
5.0
adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

An entire gullible nation believed faithfully in Santa Claus . But Santa Claus was really the Gasman.
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The grim portrait of Beethoven hanging over the piano...was removed from it's nail, and an equally grim portrait of Hitler was hung on the same nail...Mama...insisted that Beethoven be placed, if not over the sofa, at least over the sideboard. This resulted in the grimmest of confrontations: Hitler and the genius hung opposite each other, stared at each other, saw through each other, yet found no joy in what they saw.