Steph

narrator YELLS!

Revisado: 04-11-24

I don't usually complain about narration. It's usually just a difference of preference. This narrator though... whenever anyone in a story raises their voice or gets excited YELLS, even when it doesn't fit the scene at all. I'm still gonna finish the book but my god, is it BAD.

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It's like getting stuck talking to a weirdo on the bus

Revisado: 01-31-24

So, this book is an hour and twenty five minutes long. It feels like listening to a cult leader talk in circles about spirituality and energy. We're all here to find out what this nutjob has to say about Hitler. He seems to think what Hitler did was bad and evil but was sent by spirits from another dimension to show us how awful war is and how evil humans can be. The author doesn't seem to be dangerous or hateful, just nuts .

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More honest than the book Alive

Revisado: 12-21-23

I've read Alive, Miracle in the Andes by Nando Parrados and I had to survive by Roberto Canessa. This book is by far the most comprehensive. There are verbatim interviews with all sixteen survivors. I think that's very important. There has been a lot of myth making around the disaster. This account includes those survivors who were simply shattered by the experience and didn't undergo a massive spiritual and personal transformation. Even those who disagree with the story being exploited by the other survivors are given a chance to share their views. I am inspired by the survivors who have a message to share but I think it's also valid to just want to get on with your life. Rare interviews. Non Linear presentation. Fantastic insights. The TRUTH!

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I was really turned off by the narrator...at first

Revisado: 04-11-21

I thought it very absurd that a brit with an upper crust accent should read this book. But when you get to the heart of this book, it's really about all that was done and not done by the great Lords of England. Nothing sounds better than to hear the abominable things written about the Irish in the most detached sophisticated way possible.
Having said that, this book was hard for me to finish. I've read a lot about horrible historical acts but this one really hurt to read. The suffering is unbearable to imagine. If only the camera was in use at this time, the haughty, self centered, perfectly correct British Government would never gotten away with this. Unbelievable.

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A FANTASTIC READ

Revisado: 02-24-21

The author brings the characters to life and gives the disaster an immediacy that history books can sometimes lack. Gripping!

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Pretty Good

Revisado: 02-23-21

This is obviously not great literature but it's fun for disaster junkies. The narrator does a great job

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Im always suspicious when...

Revisado: 02-19-21

a book doesn't have many reviews. Rest assured, this is the case of an underrated gem. Very well constructed narrative. Loved it.

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Horrible Horrible Horrible!

Revisado: 01-15-21

An absolute MESS of a novel. The main characters spend most of the book complimenting each other and swearing to never let their feelings show. This book dragged on and on and on. I'm honestly shocked. This is supposed to be a classic and it's almost unreadable. The ONLY reason I finished it is because it's Dracula and I wanted to see it through till the end. Don't waste your time on this garbage heap.

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kinda bland

Revisado: 01-07-21

HOWEVER , if your favorite word is "however", then this is the book for you. This author is in deep with the "however" lobby and gets a bonus every time he uses it.

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Fantastical

Revisado: 09-25-20

The author was in close personal contact with Dr. Mengele, Irma Grese, and the other lead medical SS officer in the camp. She was personally able to secretly sneak to see the revolt and ensuing battle of the Sonderkommando. She personally murdered babies of fellow inmates. She was personally privy to all the knowledge of the experiments carried out by the nazi doctors. I'm not saying these things didnt happen but I dont think they all happened to her. This book reads like a movie where all the important things just happen to one person instead of different people.

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