Reviews

The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris

kayme's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

4.75

mamakbear1116's review against another edition

4.0

Certainly not the best Holocaust "based on a true story" novel I've ever read, but I did enjoy the story. I didn't realize it was even based on a real person until the epilogue. If you Google it, you're going to see that there were a lot of issues people had with reality of life in Auschwitz and Birkenau. I can see the big problem with Cilka's Journey, considering the author didn't interview Cecilia, but I do think some grace can be given to her attempts to extract the story from Lale and have it researched. I'm not going to get bent out of shape that a historical record can't be found of prisoners being gassed in a bus....people were still absolutely being gassed at Auschwitz, and that's the important stuff I took away. I found myself sobbing by the end of the afterword and it took awhile to stop. Sometimes love does conquer all.

frispbabe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

vi_holmes's review against another edition

emotional inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

A book everyone should read atleast once in their lives

louiseg's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

chloe_may's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Physical abuse, Racism, and War

Moderate: Sexual assault

holly_153's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

4.5

supernova_1026's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

4.5

genannj's review against another edition

4.0

I enjoyed the book quite a bit. I felt it was slightly better than average and that it was not the best historical fiction I’ve ever read. With that being said, I would still likely recommend this book to others.

_callmebekah_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0