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White Rose by Kip Wilson

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emotional informative fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

********** THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS **********

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 5/5 stars

When I saw the synopsis for this book I knew this was the book for me. I am an avid reader of WWII historical fiction. It’s one of my favorite genres and always has been, ever since we learned about The Holocaust and WWII in 8th grade. 

The story follows the story of Sophie Scholl, a young German girl who is watching the world around her fall apart as the war starts, taking both her brother and her best friend/boyfriend to the front lines of the war to fight. She doesn’t agree with anything that is happening but she can only do so much on her own, and disagreeing with the rules could mean her arrest. She stays complicit for awhile, until she finally has enough and wants to fight not only for her freedom, but the freedom of others to live their lives as they please, her Jewish classmates who are taken away or banned from certain activities everyone else is allowed to do. She’s confused why her Jewish friend with aryan features, blonde hair and blue eyes, is looked down upon, but Sophie with brown hair and brown eyes is safe just because she’s German and not Jewish. 

The White Rose was an resistance group during WWII in Munich, Germany. Going into this, I had no idea this was a real thing, I never learned about this in my history classes. It was led by five students and a single professor at The University of Munich. All of the names in the book are real people who were arrested for treason or k*lled for their actions. Hans Scholl (Sophie’s older brother), Alexander Schmorell, Willi Graf, and Christopher Probst. They began making leaflets and pamphlets that resisted N*zi Germany and criticized H*tler for his reign of power that was torturing the world at the time. 

After the death of Sophie, Hans and Christoph others remained spreading the leaflets around to resist the war and try to change people’s minds and end the regime. 

I give this book 5/5 stars because it is written so beautifully. As sad as it is, it was one of the easiest books to get through because of how it was written. If you’ve ever read an Ellen Hopkins book, it’s sort of like that. It’s written like a poetry book and the reading pace was extremely quick. It started out slow but quickly captured my attention once the POV kept switching back and forth. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time I read this, and I just wanted to know what happened in the end, because like I said, I didn’t know this was a real thing in history. 

If you’re reading this review and you have other recommendations of this genre, I would love to hear your thoughts and recommendations. Thank you for reading!
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