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Invisible Bridge
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Orringer, Julie
ELIZA
, January 01, 2012
Don't be put off by the fact that this book is over 600 pages long. My book club chose not to read it for that reason and I am so glad I read it on my own. This has to be the best WW2 Nazi book ever because unlike most I have read The Invisible Bridge takes its time building the characters in Hungary then Paris and back to Hungary again, following two Jewish families in the years before the war started all the way to the end of WW2. By doing so we get to thoroughly know and love and understand these families and characters as people first and Jewish second. I knew it was a WW2/Nazi book but after almost 300 pages I was starting to think it was a love story and I must have been wrong. By the time the Nazi atrocities and indignities begin to erode their lives you feel their astonishment and disbelief that their freedoms and privileges can be snatched cruelly away just because of their religious beliefs. You ache for them and gain a deep core understanding of what a horrific period in our human history this time was. You also witness how heinous acts and circumstances beyond your control can internally alter your soul and make you stronger or destroy you. I highly recommend this book. It changed my perspective on WW2 forever.
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Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
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Stieg Larsson
ELIZA
, January 19, 2011
This book started the whole Millenium Trilogy craze and I think it was by far the best of the three. Really held your attention and was impossible to put down. Did not want it to end. Couldnt wait for the next one. Loved the movie. Written so well that you felt cold when he talked about Sweden in the winter. Loved it!
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