Quote:
Originally Posted by Nyssa
Too depressing. I rarely read or watch anything that has to do with Slavery or the Holocaust; I find the subject matter emotionally draining and I end up feeling sad and miserable - sometimes for days after.
|
I also never read anything with that subject matter, but NOT because it's too emotional. My reaction to that is that I am reluctant to get immersed in the story and I dread the book will be sad and grim(like you) BUT UNLIKE you I also feel that a book like The Book thief(a book that I had to abandon) is using the time period to easily and basely manipulate my emotions (which is of course what any book will try to achieve ) but I feel the holocaust thing is too obvious a setting and I feel I'm being taxed and subjugated...if that makes sense at all. I don't want to be aware that I'm being manipulated.