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sareidle's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Confinement, Torture, and Police brutality
Moderate: Rape and Violence
apple287's review
4.25
1. It's an excellent way to learn how the whole East and West Berliners and German society operated when the wall was in tact, and also for the years immediately after the fall of the wall.
2. Anna Funder's writing kept me curious the entire way through. It wasn't until half way through the book that I realised that she is actually a 'real' journalist (this makes me sound ignorant, it's hard to articulate). Her style is such that I haven't experienced from other hard-core journos who write their memoirs. She has a softer, more personal approach. I think just read this book and hopefully you will appreciate what I'm trying to say. Overall, this is a great big thumbs up as I really enjoyed her tactful approach of scribing real peoples' experiences of this period.
Minor: Emotional abuse, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, and Trafficking
creativerunnings's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Confinement, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Classism, and Deportation
serendipitysbooks's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Police brutality, and Grief
lindsey_bear's review against another edition
4.75
Minor: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Torture, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, and Deportation
questingnotcoasting's review against another edition
4.5
This is quite a strange read at times and I know it's not for everyone but I really enjoy Funder's mix of memoir and journalism. It's also interesting because it was published 20 years ago so the history and stories it discusses are even further removed from us now but are still so powerful and fascinating. I listened to the audiobook for the first time, which isn't narrated by Anna Funder herself but I still really liked it.
Graphic: Confinement and Police brutality
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, and Grief
sophie42's review
4.25
Graphic: Torture, Police brutality, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Death, Rape, Violence, Grief, Murder, and War
Minor: Death of parent
heyitsgiulia's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, and Murder
milliebrierley's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death and Police brutality