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The Storyteller
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“What he did was wrong. He doesn’t deserve your love. But he does deserve your forgiveness, because otherwise he will grow like a weed in your heart until it’s choked and overrun. The only person who suffers, when you squirrel away all that hate, is you.”
First 5 ⭐️ of 2024! Also my first Jodi Picoult book. Okay Jodi, I see you. 👀 I loved this book. I couldn’t put it down actually. It was one of the longest books I’ve read and I tore through it.
The story explores the moral dilemma of forgiveness. There were some quotes towards the end that I liked. The main character is asked to forgive a former SS officer who did horrible things. Sages grandmother was a holocaust survivor. The bulk of the book is Sages grandmothers story. Which was very well written, and intense. If you’ve ever read “the choice” by Edith Egar. Their stories are almost identical. The only difference is that Edith’s story is true and the grandmothers story is a work of fiction, obviously based on the true events that occurred in Poland and the concentration camps.
The ONLY thing that I didn’t love about this book was the very end. Like the last few pages, I saw it coming, but they didn’t elaborate at all. Also I didn’t agree with how it ended. It didn’t feel right. Which is why it is a moral dilemma and would probably make for a great book club book as there would likely be many different opinions.
Oh and I loved the baking aspect. Being a baker myself that was fun and I could relate to her and this hobby.
First 5 ⭐️ of 2024! Also my first Jodi Picoult book. Okay Jodi, I see you. 👀 I loved this book. I couldn’t put it down actually. It was one of the longest books I’ve read and I tore through it.
The story explores the moral dilemma of forgiveness. There were some quotes towards the end that I liked. The main character is asked to forgive a former SS officer who did horrible things. Sages grandmother was a holocaust survivor. The bulk of the book is Sages grandmothers story. Which was very well written, and intense. If you’ve ever read “the choice” by Edith Egar. Their stories are almost identical. The only difference is that Edith’s story is true and the grandmothers story is a work of fiction, obviously based on the true events that occurred in Poland and the concentration camps.
The ONLY thing that I didn’t love about this book was the very end. Like the last few pages, I saw it coming, but they didn’t elaborate at all. Also I didn’t agree with how it ended. It didn’t feel right. Which is why it is a moral dilemma and would probably make for a great book club book as there would likely be many different opinions.
Oh and I loved the baking aspect. Being a baker myself that was fun and I could relate to her and this hobby.
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