Those who Save us

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Unabridged.
"With tracks every 3 minutes for easy book marking"--Container.
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Narrated by Suzanne Toren.
Haunted by an old family photo of her mother and a high-ranking Nazi officer, historian Trudy Swenson begins to dig deep into the past to uncover the wartime experiences her mother refuses to talk about.

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great story, lousy writing submitted by 21621031390949 on August 11, 2016, 9:44pm Hoo boy, I struggled to rate this book. On the one hand, the story is compelling, and the book is hard to put down. On the other hand, the writing felt amateurish to me - clunky metaphores, unreal dialogue, cliched characters - and the turns of plot were predictable. It's a 4.5 star story, and just 2 stars for the writing; hence the 3 star rating.

There's a Goodreads review of this book dated October 23, 2007 by "Lorna" which captures well the amateur writing. I agree with much of what she says. I have an additional complaint, however, about this and several other WWII fictional books I've read recently. I'm afraid this is an opinion that won't make me popular, but I have to say that I'm tired of the blanket portrayal of all Nazis - every single one - as been boorish, immoral, sadistic brutes. I have no doubt, no doubt whatsoever, that the Holocost occurred, with horror upon horror in the treatment of Jews, other minorities, citizens of Nazi-occupied nations. I just find it impossible to believe that every person conscripted into the German Army would behave in this manner. Even when following out terrible, horrible orders, not every officer or grunt was sadistic or barbaric, and yet this is how they are always portrayed.

In this book, which sought to examine the complexities of the terrible decisions and behaviors the ordinary German citizen was forced to enact, I would expect a more nuanced portrayal of the German military men, as individuals, as well.