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Liked It “"Ze hield van het heimelijke, het onuitgesprokene en smartelijke" might describe the character of one of the twins, but Tessa de Loo does not hide anything in this story. Both a Dutch and German experience of World War II are fully explored and lived. "Wie samenviel met zijn spiegelbeeld...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“"Ze hield van het heimelijke, het onuitgesprokene en smartelijke" might describe the character of one of the twins, but Tessa de Loo does not hide anything in this story. Both a Dutch and German experience of World War II are fully explored and lived. "Wie samenviel met zijn spiegelbeeld neutraliseerde zichzelf en hield op te bestaan." Which side of the mirror are you on?”
Speck wrote this review Tuesday, January 27 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Anna and Lotte are twins separated when they were very young - one raised in Germany, the other in Holland. When they are accidentally reunited nearly seventy years later in Belgium, they have to come to terms with the knowledge that they were enemies during the war years. Both women still harbor unresolved feelings about their difficult experiences during the war, and grapple with their attempts to accept and understand each other. Tessa de Loo brings to light the suffering of the ordinary German citizen which is a side not often presented, while at the same time writing sympathetically about the Dutch struggle for survival at the hands of their enemy. I found (having familiarity with the Dutch language) that the translation was a bit awkward, but the twins' stories were well-written. ”
carlags wrote this review Thursday, January 15 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Good, Good, Good! So thought-provoking! As the characters wonder aloud throughout the plot, if twin sisters can't come to forgiveness or peaceful resolution, what hope is there for nations?
Katy C wrote this review Friday, September 12 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
I found a lot of parallels to modern politics and war propaganda in the story, and it scared me. Very much an anti-war story, and an illustration of the effect that deprivation (of food, of safety, of dignity, of love)has on the psyche and behavior of humans.
I do want to read it again. The writing, for me, seemed a little awkward in places, and I don't know if that was a function of it being a translation, or of my eagerness to get to the end of the story. ”
“I wanted to read this book after I saw the movie Twin Sisters, but instead of filling in the gaps in the movie story the differences between the two (the book and the movie) made it more confusing instead of more illuminating.
Caroline S wrote this review Sunday, June 29 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
The idea that even twin sisters, separated before WWII, one raised in Holland, the other in Germany, find it difficult to reconcile is very interesting and something I had never thought about in quite this way before. So I'd recommned reading it, but maybe not too soon after seeing the movie.”
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