tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15714418.post8273820862447761688..comments2024-03-17T11:18:06.758-06:00Comments on Reading, Writing, Working, Playing: The Women in the CastleJaneGShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11094501834387622997noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15714418.post-54841483832751290282017-08-14T22:02:17.768-06:002017-08-14T22:02:17.768-06:00Oh, that sounds super interesting. Thanks for the ...Oh, that sounds super interesting. Thanks for the tip.JaneGShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094501834387622997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15714418.post-27399923635343490462017-08-14T13:32:32.773-06:002017-08-14T13:32:32.773-06:00I really enjoyed this one as well. I liked that t...I really enjoyed this one as well. I liked that the other ladies were ambiguious and very realistic. I'm reading 40 Autumns right now which is a great memoir set right after WWII and the splitting of a family between East and West Germany. Very intriguing.Laura's Reviewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13904763940307902364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15714418.post-11735875060515598582017-08-10T15:42:57.847-06:002017-08-10T15:42:57.847-06:00It was your review that made me get on the library...It was your review that made me get on the library wait list for this book! We disagree about the ending, but I agree that the first half is riveting.<br />JaneGShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094501834387622997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15714418.post-38055117043195941462017-08-10T11:54:31.000-06:002017-08-10T11:54:31.000-06:00I read & liked this in April. It definitely w...I read & liked this in April. It definitely was a new take for me on WWII. I liked the first half of the story the best and the last part not as well. Glad you enjoyed it. Here was my review: http://www.thecuecard.com/books/women-castle-anne-green-gables/thecuecardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08870323589682197091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15714418.post-1941483830073389942017-08-09T00:09:54.528-06:002017-08-09T00:09:54.528-06:00Had not heard about this book, Your review has me...Had not heard about this book, Your review has me interested. What would it be like living in Germany right after World War II as the three women grapple with how an evil like Nazism could come to power. People don't often realize fascism taking root until it's too late. Lessons for today.Kathy's Cornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03967595794483824444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15714418.post-13956972851455446872017-08-08T17:57:43.516-06:002017-08-08T17:57:43.516-06:00That is a different perspective to take when writi...That is a different perspective to take when writing a WWII novel. It's certainly not a POV I've read before. I'll have to see if my library has a copy. :)Lark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15714418.post-66445553690012936452017-08-08T15:12:52.010-06:002017-08-08T15:12:52.010-06:00The character Marianne is not apolitical, btw. She...The character Marianne is not apolitical, btw. She is a Nazi resistor as is her husband and friend. The other two are more ambiguous...JaneGShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094501834387622997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15714418.post-70946905940018834822017-08-08T14:15:07.134-06:002017-08-08T14:15:07.134-06:00I will put this on my list. I am interested in re...I will put this on my list. I am interested in reading about apolitical Germans and how they coped during the Nazi regime and WWII. A couple of weeks ago I read Faye Kellerman’s Straight Into Darkness, which has a German investigator as protagonist and is set in the 1930s just before Hitler becomes Chancellor and I appreciated its perspective.<br /><br />I really want to read the non-fiction book On the Other Side: Letters to my Children from Germany 1940-46 by Mathilde Wolff-Monckeberg for this reason someday. Ruthiellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03871834571645928819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15714418.post-65416677538632899472017-08-07T16:22:05.640-06:002017-08-07T16:22:05.640-06:00Great review.
I have heard good things about thi...Great review. <br /><br />I have heard good things about this book. The fact that the protagonists are Germain is indeed different. Based on your description, the characters also sound very well crafted. Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.com