The Tin Drum (1959) (edit title/settings)

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Liked It 1 of 1 members found this review helpful Rated 5 stars “A bad dream fictional history of middle class Germans and Poles through the years of the Third Reich, The Tin Drum is mesmerizing and suffocating. The narrator, as you can find in any synopsis, is a self-willed dwarf, who speaks only through a rattling toy drum, as potent a symbol of the end of...” see full review » see other reviews »

Didn’t Like It 1 of 1 members found this review helpful Rated 2 stars “Another reread. Sometimes I hate it, sometimes I love it. Stay tuned. It slayed me this time, to dark for me right now.” see full review » see other reviews »

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  • Rated 5 stars

  “strangely - one of my favorites”

  Shari wrote this review Monday, December 31, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
  
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  “Book 15”

  Kelly wrote this review Friday, December 28, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
  
  • Rated 5 stars

  “Great language. Masterpiece of literature.”

  Harvey wrote this review Monday, November 12, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
  
  • Rated 1 stars

  “This is a strange and terrible book. I would never suggest that anyone read this book. It is offensive and inappropriate in very odd ways. It was painful to read. ”

  Emily Auld wrote this review Tuesday, July 17, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
  
  • Rated 3 stars

  “Scary social commentary. Dark humor and magic realism.”

  Lise Lyng Falkenberg wrote this review Thursday, June 14, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
  
  • Rated 4 stars

  “TRHickman said: 4 stars
  
  Fantastic and linguistically brilliant. Make sure to read the 2009 translation.
  
  Jane H said: 4 stars
  
  Oskar's life shadows that of post war Europe --- strange, sad and wonderful. Builds until end of terror.”

  1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die Shelf wrote this review Monday, January 30, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
  
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  “mentally challenged. ”

  judy w wrote this review Monday, December 5, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
  
  • Rated 4 stars

  “Fantastic and linguistically brilliant. Make sure to read the 2009 translation.”

  TRHickman wrote this review Saturday, July 2, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
  
  • Rated 3 stars

  “I like the style of writing enough to "like this book" even though I don't love the subject matter”

  Emily Ray wrote this review Thursday, June 23, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No