Reviews

The Hiding Game by Naomi Wood

o_max16's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

amygibbs99's review

3.0

sluggish disjointed but intriguing scene setting

jmatkinson1's review

4.0

1922, Paul rebels against his father, a manufacturer, and goes to study art at the newly opened and radical Bauhaus school in Weimar. there he falls in with a disparate group of fellow students whose lives, loves and art are influenced by the Bauhaus, Germany between the wars and the rise of the Nazis.
Although I found the first third of the book difficult to engage with, by halfway I was really interested. I think this had a lot to do with the way that Weimar Germany was depicted and the slow, insidious rise of the Nazi party. The deprivations of life in 1920s Germany were depicted well, hyperinflation was astonishing. Although the fate of each student was mapped out from the start, story was still gripping and ultimately very sad.

heyitsdaliiii's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

miamia1's review

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Enjoyed this book more than I expected. The characters came alive and I felt I was there with them. I will miss them now I’ve finished this book

bunceyyy's review against another edition

3.0

More like 3.5 stars. I wasn’t keen on this to begin with but I ended up getting quite into the story; Wood creates an absorbing atmosphere. I don’t know anything about that period/location in history, so that was also interesting.

emilybishton's review

emotional informative

linguaphile412's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Sexual content, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Grief, Suicide attempt, Deportation, Toxic friendship, War, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Blood, Death, and Genocide

stagasaurus's review against another edition

2.0

This pissed me off and I can't quite explain why. They told you what was going to happen, it was self-indulgent about the emotions of protagonist who I didn't really care about. It was a passive slide into doom we all know about, we all are fully aware of, in this passive slide into doom we live in currently. It didn't help though. I came away thinking I'm not sure what the point of writing this book was. I look forward to reading what other people thought of it. The sentences are good, but it left me cold.

farisandbooks's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75