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jpera's review against another edition
challenging
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
dannb's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
After all the WWII books I have read, Martin Amis writes another searing, damning one.
Based on Rudolph Hoess, Commandant at Auschwitz....
Based on Rudolph Hoess, Commandant at Auschwitz....
Graphic: Sexual assault, War, Torture, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, and Hate crime
gracie_schrader19's review
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
nairijan's review against another edition
challenging
dark
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
An unsettling look into one of the darkest moments of human history, the Zone of Interest does a great job in maintaining a macabre unease throughout but ultimately it suffers from a lack of coherent plot despite the well written and researched historical setting and story.
fretem22's review against another edition
challenging
dark
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
A hard read, both in content and the way the story was told. There is a lot of German used and sometimes it made me feel left out of the story. The main characters have few redeeming qualities.
clairezavoyna's review
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
« Although I live in the present, and do so with a pathological fixity, I remember everything that has happened to me since I came to the Lager. Everything. To remember an hour would take an hour. To remember a month would take a month.
I cannot forget because I cannot forget. »
I cannot forget because I cannot forget. »
marysanderson's review against another edition
challenging
dark
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
angus_mckeogh's review against another edition
4.0
Amis is once again able to bring the subject of the Second World War to the novel and make it interesting, thought-provoking, and loaded with gravitas.
anto's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0