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kimmyt_isreading's Reviews (233)

Ysabel

Guy Gavriel Kay

3.0

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Nowhere near the level of Kay's historical fantasy, but still entertaining

Toll the Hounds

Steven Erikson

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

Denial: Holocaust History on Trial

Deborah E. Lipstadt

4.0

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

The best word I can think of to describe this book is exhausting. Reading through the play by play of this trial, I can only imagine how it must have felt to live through it and witness someone so blatantly and repeatedly deny and downplay one of the most horrific, atrocious, and disgusting crimes in history. Reading this in today's world added a sadly ironic filter for me, with the Israeli government's repeated denials of their war crimes in Gaza and against the Palestinian people. I also personally found a lot of similar rhetoric between Irving and the current American president (as well as beliefs, though with regards to different communities), which honestly only makes that whole situation even more terrifying as well. I really had to take my time to process the mixed emotions reading this. I can only applaud the author and her legal team for being so dedicated and thorough to ensure that this trial was done justice. My rating is less because I enjoyed the book (frankly the subject matter is difficult for me to say I enjoy) and more because it's well-written and covers such an important topic in a way I'd never seen before.