Reviews tagging 'Violence'

All The Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler by Rebecca Donner

3 reviews

elliejohnson_'s review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.5

I've read fictional WWII books like The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, which are great, but it's really different to read a nonfiction book. It is moving because it is real, not just representative. This story gives a clear chronology of how the Third Reich came to power in Germany and the atrocities they committed (and the negligence of USA/Europe/Russia to be so slow to acknowledge this), while also centering the story on the German resistance fighters. The story of Mildred and her Circle is sad and infuriating, but also so inspiring. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Confinement, Death, Grief, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Genocide, Murder, Racism, Suicide, Abortion, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Child death, Gun violence, Infertility, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Torture, and War

Moderate: Rape

julied's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, War, Xenophobia, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Violence, Grief, Infertility, Racism, Antisemitism, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Medical content, and Misogyny

audreylee's review against another edition

dark emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

Thanks to Edelweiss and the Publisher for a digital ARC of this book. The author brings to life the families involved in the Antifascist cells of Nazi Germany. The only difficulty with this book is the constantly shifting verb tenses at what felt like random times. However, I still think it is a highly readable and very informative look at a time in history. The Western powers don't come off as complete "heroes" and the German-Russian espionage activities are described more completely than in any other book I've read on this topic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Antisemitism