A review by skylar2
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
5.0
Well-written, thoughtful, and horrifying
The topic Donner chose is one we're all familiar with in general, but I had never heard of these specific people before. She conveys both the enormity of their situation, but also how close it was to our own reality: any thought that what happened to Mildred and Arvid couldn't happen here disappeared while reading the book.
The format of the book did turn me off at first, with chapters organized into short vignettes, some only a sentence or two long. By the end of the book, though, I was glad for the chance to reflect and think about what I had just read.
The topic Donner chose is one we're all familiar with in general, but I had never heard of these specific people before. She conveys both the enormity of their situation, but also how close it was to our own reality: any thought that what happened to Mildred and Arvid couldn't happen here disappeared while reading the book.
The format of the book did turn me off at first, with chapters organized into short vignettes, some only a sentence or two long. By the end of the book, though, I was glad for the chance to reflect and think about what I had just read.