tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post870200948397067105..comments2024-03-28T09:38:23.219-05:00Comments on Book Chase: The Ravine: A Family, a Photograph, a Holocaust Massacre Revealed - Wendy LowerSam http://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-7376246438601551312021-04-15T10:53:27.143-05:002021-04-15T10:53:27.143-05:00It really is, Jen. I started to include the photog...It really is, Jen. I started to include the photograph in my review, and then decided we really didn't need that in order to understand the horror of neighbors who had known each other for generations turning on each other that way. I think that's what bothers me most. This kind of genocide was, to me, even more horrific than the Germans killing people they did not know. The millions Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-20375893778186392422021-04-15T10:49:23.883-05:002021-04-15T10:49:23.883-05:00I hadn't thought of the style that way, but I ...I hadn't thought of the style that way, but I think you may very well be right about it. It's more like she is writing a report of her findings - like a crime folder in a police station - than investing real emotion in the victims. Even then, however, her anger is fairly obvious.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-59719120105796059722021-04-15T08:43:28.133-05:002021-04-15T08:43:28.133-05:00Difficult reading, but imagine the research itself...Difficult reading, but imagine the research itself. I agree that I deal better with a style that stays professional rather than one that focuses too much on the emotional for this kind of thing. It is already emotional and horrific enough.jenclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-46116785242679614392021-04-14T20:40:09.432-05:002021-04-14T20:40:09.432-05:00This research would be tough for me to pursue, jus...This research would be tough for me to pursue, just the emotion of it. I'm so impressed that she succeeded in recreating the reality that many would wish stay hidden. An unemotional or dry writing style might be necessary coping mechanism. Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06666609213171939599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-42132156634060034582021-04-14T10:19:18.992-05:002021-04-14T10:19:18.992-05:00It is very powerful, Susan - and equally fascinati...It is very powerful, Susan - and equally fascinating. What one photo ultimately revealed to this woman and her team of investigators is amazing. Luckily, she was able to track down some witnesses before they died. She was able to tell the whole story of what happened that day. Her writing style can be a little dry, but the story itself kept me turning pages.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-89031588067099194122021-04-14T10:16:49.291-05:002021-04-14T10:16:49.291-05:00Lark, one of the author's main points is that ...Lark, one of the author's main points is that hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people disappeared in an 18 month period of 1941-1942 who have been completely lost to history because their entire families were wiped out. The locals then looted their property and finished the process of erasing all traces of their very existence. She does this kind of work to find and recognize as Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-3071282238632643522021-04-14T08:31:04.204-05:002021-04-14T08:31:04.204-05:00Wow, this sounds like a powerful book. I hadn'...Wow, this sounds like a powerful book. I hadn't heard of it before, but it definitely sounds interesting. Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05344704891037668456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-78629131439186838322021-04-13T15:02:17.256-05:002021-04-13T15:02:17.256-05:00Reading books like this one is always hard, but im...Reading books like this one is always hard, but important, too, because I don't think we should ever forget what happened back then. Or else it might happen again. But they do always break my heart a little when I read them. And I will definitely be reading this one!Lark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.com