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behindthegossip's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
fast-paced
4.25
goodem9199's review against another edition
5.0
Similar style to Yellow Star...not quite as good, but I still have to 5-star it. I love the novel in prose!
jnwunder's review against another edition
2.0
I wanted to love this but it wasn't really a story at all.
talkingscribe's review against another edition
2.0
I am glad some of the previous reviews warned me about the cringe-worthy attempt at poetry...because of those reviews, I read this book in about an hour or less while I pretended the hard-returns and broken spaces weren't there. The main two characters were ALMOST interesting...I would've liked to have gotten to know them better, but the book just abruptly stops. It was like reading the equivalent of a short essay, as opposed to a novel. I don't mean any disrespect to the author or what she experienced -- my intent is only to critique the way the printed reviews portray the book because I felt misled. *However, it -was- emotionally moving to read a newer perspective on the tragic history. Like others have mentioned here, I rarely get to read about stories from disabled people from that history period. And, poetically, I -did- like page 66's "I shared my shawl and cloths", and page 67's "Time passed".
willwork4airfare's review against another edition
3.0
A nice book for very early readers about a little deaf girl living in Germany in WWII, but I didn’t feel like the “poetry” added anything to story, and probably even distracted me from the plot. I’m not sure about the ending except to assume that she wanted a positive conclusion for young readers. I liked that they highlighted the persecution of disabled people during the Holocaust, especially since the author is deaf, also cool that she mentioned Roma people and even included some of their customs, but the book itself is just okay.
rlafleur85's review against another edition
3.0
The story written in poetry about was about a young girl who is deaf during World War II and her families struggle to protect her from the Nazis. This was a quick read and provided a unique perspective on World War II I had never experienced before.
sarahannkateri's review against another edition
1.0
The whole thing felt like it was copied & pasted from the Wikipedia articles on Deafness and Action T4. Clunky & unmoving.
lucymaeand's review against another edition
2.0
This book was a really quick read for me, about 20 minutes or so. The historical aspect was good, but I didn't know much about the characters and I wasn't intrigued.
babayagareads's review against another edition
4.0
Updated from to a 4/5 from a 3/5 on my second read.
shighley's review against another edition
3.0
Rarely do I say that a book should be longer, but this one left me wanting more details and information. It does indeed feature an underrepresented group that was subject to Hitler's misplaced horror. I also agree with previous posters that it did not seem all that poetic; maybe that's because I read this immediately after I had finished Inside Out and Back Again. I would have no problem with having this for students to read.