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Mar 04, 2024itzcj rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Very simple writing, but I wanted to keep picking it up to read. I thought it would be more sad.
Feb 26, 2024joyful2743 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
The Second book about persons in Nazi concentration camps, although fiction, is based on stories told to the authors about actual experiences. I have read recently. In this one is a young man who is always looking for ways for himself and…
Nov 19, 2023juliades13 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A very quick-paced read. I found myself questioning the extent to which the author took artistic license from the life and experience of the protagonist. No disrespect to the author or her subject, rather, how much of the story is fact and…
Nov 02, 2023Isorensensoarin rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
While there is no doubt that telling war stories and their victims' survival is important and critical to literature, I just couldn't help but get a strong 'too much tell, and not enough show' vibe in the writing style of "The Tattooist of…
Aug 09, 2023ScrapMetalDiva rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
For my 12-month reading challenge I read “The Tattooist of Auschwitz” for my July read. 📘 I could only give this book 3/5 stars, because while it’s an interesting tale based on a true story, it was not really comprehensively told. ⭐️⭐️⭐️…
Jul 04, 202362Patty33 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A true and moving story of Lale Sokolov's experience at the concentration camps at Auschwitz-Birkeau. His job was to tattoo the prisoners. One of the guards remarked that Lale must be a cat because he survived against all odds.
Jul 01, 2023mlhadley1 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A beautiful love story told by Lale, the Jewish young man who volunteered to volunteer to fight to save the rest of his family. This was a lie that took he and the others on train to Auschwitz. How he knew love was at first sight when he…
Dec 26, 2022ellenorndorf rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I read this book for January book club. Its a tough read. The horrific atrocities of the Germans during WWII are brought to life in this book.
Nov 30, 2022jasnadzinic rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
A love story between Lale and Gita. But badly written.
Oct 12, 2022tnrn rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
I was quite disgusted by this book. It is a very sanitized and disrespectful portrayal of the Holocaust and its survivors. I was floored when she wrote that Gita gave Lale a quick kiss, then turned to go to bed! How can wooden, crowded,…
Oct 02, 2022Kimberleygray rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Fictionalize account of life in Auschwitz using information from someone who survived the camp. Riveting story that is often quite cruel and difficult to read but important part of history. I didn't realize this was actually a series so…
Aug 21, 2022Abbie_11 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
The 2018 novel The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris is a novel based on a true story of love and cruelty. Lale Sokolov and Gita were Jewish prisoners who met in a concentration camp during the Holocaust. This novel shows the story…
Jun 15, 2022Sandycanread rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
This book is disrespectful fiction. The girls giggled when they saw Lale. Come on, let’s make the camp joyous, ridiculous I understood this story to be based on truth, no way. Awful book
May 10, 2022rockmenard rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I did not realize this book was based on the experiences of the tattooist as described in the afterword pages. I learned from it. The events, particularly the earliest hours at the concentration camp, were echoed in the recent PBS show…
Feb 22, 2022MoKevany rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I thought this book was an honest look inside one of Hitler’s death camps. My only complaint was the writing style - I found it somewhat clipped with very short sentences and it read more like a report than a novel in places. The foreword…
Dec 22, 2021Linda1111 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Excellent read! This novel was so captivating, i just wanted To keep reading. I’m fascinated by stories of people who survived concentration camps, i visited Holocaust museums, etc… and it always brings to my eyes and makes me appreciate…
Aug 10, 2021andrewlap21 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
The Tattooist of Auschwitz is a novel written by Heather Morris. The story follows Lale Sokolov, a regular Slovakian Jewish male, living during the invasion of Nazis and the holocaust. After being taken by the Nazis, he has to adjust to…
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Apr 23, 2021SR806 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Holocaust literature is very interesting to me. Even though this was a novel, it was based on a true story about Lale and Gita and their time in imprisonment. I'm glad I read it.
Apr 04, 2021aliyaerin rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Amazing read! I chose to read this for a school assignment. We had a month to complete it. I ended up enjoying it so much that it was done in 2 days flat. Highly recommend for someone who wants a combination of historical fiction, romance,…
Mar 23, 2021maipenrai rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
Heartbreaking, of course... Great story of finding a reason to stay alive. If only the facts were researched. The probability of the interactions between the two main characters and the events of the story happening as written were as…
Jan 19, 20210424pat rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Holocaust Lit. Good read.
Jan 06, 2021Zoelexi777 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Although this is supposed to be based on a true story, I find some parts of it difficult to believe. Lale definitely had nine lives.
Dec 17, 2020Kmum1 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Recommended by a Friend who loved the book and told me it was based a true story. When I opened the cover there was a note that informs the reader that this book is fiction and that any references made to real people, Events,…
Dec 09, 2020WritingChick65 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A powerful, horrific, and moving novel based on a true story. A love story. A story about the horrors of Nazi Germany and the concentration camps that dehumanized so many. A story about man's cruelty to man, and also a story about…