The Kindly Ones, (Paperback)

from Laine-Cunningham

There were times while I was reading this that I thought perhaps the vast amount of history could have been cut. A thousand-page novel...really? When is that actually necessary?Well, it is for this book. I had also thought at times that the dialog could have been trimmed up for pacing. But then I...

from Marijkie

One of the most daring books I ever read. Of course it had terrible details, but they are not just there to shock. Littell shows his readers what WWII was like; raw, harsh and inhumane. It is very disturbing to find out that at some points I could feel with the main character. But that is exactly...

from justplainoldcj

Lush storytelling that seems so authentic, so true, at times I forgot I was reading fiction. I just really loved this book. I had to read it twice--the first time I raced through to see how it would possibly end, then went back through and savored it. Beautiful.

from bhowell

DRAFT: I am in the process of writing this and I apologize for the disjointed paragraphs. I read the reviews of this (newly translated from the French) book in the New York Times, the Times Literary Supplement, and the Guardian, and immediately went to the book store and bought it. I have now rea...

from dalekk

I read this novel over last summer - a bit of an odd choice for holiday reading. While I couldn't say that I 'enjoyed' it in the conventional sense of the word, I certainly found it interesting both in what Littell was attempting - the sheer scope and size of his research is mindboggling - and in...