Official Review: Iron Crossed by Renata Rose and Phil Rose
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Re: Official Review: Iron Crossed by Renata Rose and Phil Rose
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I also enjoyed reading about this time period from a different point of view. That said, it is not a political book. The author concentrates on life experiences. I found it to be very interesting and informative.
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I enjoyed your insightful comments! Thanks for reading and sharing.mcarp56 wrote: ↑29 Aug 2018, 06:37 Thanks for this comprehensive review. Having now read the book, I admire the recognition of the struggles of her parents. The book certainly throws a very personal light on a very interesting time in history. Personally I found the writing style a little more difficult; there seemed to be a battle going on in the authors mind whether this was primarily a fact-based historical "novel", or a history book illustrated by semi-fictional episodes. The facts presented were fascinating, and an affinity with the main character, her father Martin, was definitely achieved, but personally I would have preferred a purely historical fact-based account, rather than this attempt to create a docu-drama type novel. Such an incredible life needs no florid accentuation of the facts, they speak for themselves. As previously noted, the proof-reading failed in many areas also, with spelling mistakes, spacing mistakes, and sometimes a clumsiness of expression in the semi-fictional passages (as a german-speaking English guy, I wonder if some of the clumsiness came about because of the attempts at literal translation from German?). Overall, I would feel that this review was accurate, but personally, although I am very glad to have read this book, and very appreciative of the dedication and love that went into it, from the literary standpoint I would award it around 2.5/4.