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willablaise's review
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
jessicabax's review
challenging
emotional
inspiring
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
missyjohnson's review
3.0
Rating should be 3.5 stars. I enjoyed Dolce more than Storm. I am sure that I would have enjoyed the planned sections as well. I thought that the appendix section was very interesting. It made the Dolce section even more meaningful. The thoughts that Lucile had about being free or a slave must have been very personal.
shanhautman's review
3.0
Got about halfway through and wasn’t motivated to continue. I was so intrigued by the premise but it was hard to stay engaged.
brodway's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
jess_jingsi's review
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
jrabbit12's review
4.0
An amazing, amazing, novel. Every generation picks an author to voice its life, emotions and events. This position was stolen from Nemirovsky by her death in Auschwitz, but she makes an outstanding posthumous come back. She has become one of my favorite all time authors (Fire in the Blood, David Golder) and should be taught in class rooms next to Hemingway, Dos Pasos, and other WWII "classic novelists".
book_concierge's review
5.0
It is hard to separate my response to the author's tragic story from my response to this novel.
What an extraordinary work. We want so to keep reading. The author's own tragic story is even more compelling than this too-short novel.
This is an epic story of WW II and the occupation (by Germany) of France. The author, who was Jewish, was killed at Auschwitz after completing only the first two parts of a planned 5-part novel.
Her writing is sensual - full of sights, sounds, tastes, texture, smells. She tells of the mundane everyday struggle for normalcy against a backdrop of war.
It's an extraordinary work - the abrupt ending left me hungry for more!How sad that the world lost such a great talent.
What an extraordinary work. We want so to keep reading. The author's own tragic story is even more compelling than this too-short novel.
This is an epic story of WW II and the occupation (by Germany) of France. The author, who was Jewish, was killed at Auschwitz after completing only the first two parts of a planned 5-part novel.
Her writing is sensual - full of sights, sounds, tastes, texture, smells. She tells of the mundane everyday struggle for normalcy against a backdrop of war.
It's an extraordinary work - the abrupt ending left me hungry for more!How sad that the world lost such a great talent.
mariugonza's review against another edition
5.0
Una historia conmovedora, que me hizo reír, sufrir y que me llenó de esperanza en partes iguales