by Anna Funder
slow start but I was fully engrossed by the end... tragic story about characters that seem very real!
This is a very well-written story of betrayal, bravery and its shameful opposite, cowardice. In an imagined novel about true events, acclaimed author, Anna Funder, has presented a visual of Hitler’s brutality, the political games played during his regime, and the accompanying blind eye of the world,...
Couldn't finish this. Never came alive. Do people in books have to be so much like people in books?
This is the kind of historical fiction I so very much love. You learn history and at the same time feel the emotions of the people who live through the historical events. I would suggest reading Sebastian Barry’s A Long Long Way and then continuing with this book by Anna Funder. Barry’s book takes y...
Although the story kept me interested for the most part, the characters did not. I found that I couldn't connect to really ANY of the characters in this book. The other thing is that this book was written from the perspective of 2 people and that always irritates me because it jumps around. I have c...
Much has been made of the German people’s involvement in Hitler’s wartime activities, and many questions have been raised and answered about that involvement being voluntary or forced through coercion and fear. What sets All That I Am apart is not only the fact that Ms. Funder is writing about peopl...
Ugh. Potentially fascinating, but so poorly constructed as to be unreadable.
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