bookcrazylady45's review
4.0
A wonderful 'find' of a book, surprisingly fascinating, a collection of book reports/reviews which just happen to include a bunch I've just read, want to read, read long ago and found interesting. Or the reviews are interesting and informative enough that I don't actually have to read the book at all and since the time I have left on my perch is limited..that has become of value to me. her choice of so many political books is not surprising nor her German-centric slant - what was interesting to me was how well written the essays were...enough to almost sway me to her point of view or at least question my own historical view/knowledge. With Trump's current climate of rigging, spying, spamming, hacking and racism spreading wide bringing to mind the lead up to Nazi Germany - the parallels are frightening. Then she goes on to character portraits of so many people whose lives I have been interested in for a long time and since I had no idea what to expect when I bought the book it feels like I won the lottery. This is definitely a book to be reread as soon as possible.
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