Rate this book

So Sollst Du Schweigen (2010)

by Clara Salaman(Favorite Author)

3.24 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

3492259243 (ISBN13: 9783492259248)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Piper

review 1: So, this book turned out to be a lot better than I thought it'd be.When I bought it 2 years ago I was immediately interested. Girl grows up in a really religious cult, some messed up stuff happened and now the past is catching up to her. Even better that there were switching POV's from her childhood and her adult life. I love these kind of books, I really do. What made it even better was that 1. I found it really realistic and believable and 2. It turned out that Caroline was quite a bit of an unreliable narrator (AND THOSE ARE MY FAVORITE KIND OF BOOKS)It got kind of confusing towards the ending when we start to realize she's getting a bit messed up mentally and you don't know what's real anymore but I was glad the explanation followed soon.The only thing that kept me fro... morem giving it 5 stars is that I expected some things to be a bit more extreme. I guess that's also something that Caroline realizes towards the ending. The book begins with her having a nightmare about a suicide dinner so I was all like 'okay yeah this is going to be interesting' , but the extremely religious cult turned out to be just that. Really religious and strict, but not to the point where it became terrifying. Yeah, some messed up stuff happened to Caroline and when they declare you as the personification of the devil that won't exactly give you a happy childhood, but I was glad to see that even Caroline realized towards the ending that she was one of the only girls that suffered quite that much. She was shocked to hear that her friends would sent their children there (and I was shocked as well) but it turned out that, well things had definitely gotten better and less strict, but also that the Organization hadn't been so traumatizing for any of her friends. Yeah there was the girl who killed herself because she forced into marriage and all but the general idea of the school definitely wasn't as shocking as what I was expecting and it took me a while to realize that Caroline was actually just a bit biased and we only got her point of view. She made it sound like the things in her past were horrible and that her school was some kind of horror place but really, it was just a very strict school with weird religious beliefs and Caroline happened to get into a lot of trouble because she was hated by her principle. I don't think any of those other girls would describe their past as traumatic or 'bad stuff happened'.So yeah, I love books with unreliable narrators so I made a good choice 2 years ago
review 2: This story follows the life of Caroline through her school and adult years. Caroline attends a very strict `cult' school in London, where music, laughter, fun, denim, cutting your hair and flowers are banned (among other things). Caroline is victimised and bullied at school by her Headmistress. This story shows her as an adult trying to deal with her childhood. She changed her name and never spoke about what happened at school, until she bumps into an old friend...This is a very emotional read and at times it is very hard to read. The cruel treatment of Caroline is very real and heartfelt. It is really interesting to think how Caroline's childhood had depicted the person she has turned out to be. I felt that the middle of the book lost pace a bit but soon picked up again. Overall, a really interesting but horrifying story less

Download links for: So sollst du schweigen

Advertising