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The Violin of Auschwitz by Martha Tennent, Maria Àngels Anglada

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dark emotional informative sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

 What I liked:
The ending emotion was absolutely there. Daniel himself is a very likeable character
The significance of music in the book - a theme that I haven’t really seen before in this type of fiction executed really well
An unromanticised look into concentration camps
Things I didn’t like as much:
Freund and Bronislaw as characters felt too similar to me
Too many background characters that had a similar function 
I wish we’d had more time with characters who died cos I think it would have made it even more emotional ( although I understand what the author was going for)

A little too flowery prose for my taste but if you like super descriptive books you’ll like this 
Too much telling for my liking - a lot of this book is narration.

 
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