A review by misha_devi
Two Brothers by Ben Elton
5.0
Pain pain pain pain pain.
This is one of those books that leaves you feeling empty and painful when it's finished.
I felt such a connection with the characters, and as per usual fell in love with one of them. In this case Paulus particularly but Otto almost as much. Wolfgang was hilarious and brilliant, Frieda was strong and so so kind and I loved them both so much. It was hard to see Wolfgang fall apart and Frieda's suffering. I especially loved Silke because she was headstrong yet still Feminine, and refused to take any of Dagmar's bull****. In fact the only one of the Saturday club I disliked was Dagmar, as she seemed to be exactly the spoilt and self centred princess Silke described her as.
It was also very upsetting reading about the extent to which Jews were treated. I knew some things but therw were a number of rules and events which were just painful to read.
This book deals with so many things: love, heartbreak, betrayal, friendship, growing up, kindness, hurt, and discrimination. I highly recommend it.
This is one of those books that leaves you feeling empty and painful when it's finished.
I felt such a connection with the characters, and as per usual fell in love with one of them. In this case Paulus particularly but Otto almost as much. Wolfgang was hilarious and brilliant, Frieda was strong and so so kind and I loved them both so much. It was hard to see Wolfgang fall apart and Frieda's suffering. I especially loved Silke because she was headstrong yet still Feminine, and refused to take any of Dagmar's bull****. In fact the only one of the Saturday club I disliked was Dagmar, as she seemed to be exactly the spoilt and self centred princess Silke described her as.
It was also very upsetting reading about the extent to which Jews were treated. I knew some things but therw were a number of rules and events which were just painful to read.
This book deals with so many things: love, heartbreak, betrayal, friendship, growing up, kindness, hurt, and discrimination. I highly recommend it.