Prisoners

Rating:
Summary: Truth stranger than fiction
Review: "Prisoners" is a true story presented in a gripping fictional manner.

This novel will evoke both pride and shame in dealing with the dehumanizing effects of war.

It's a "can't put down" read.

Jerome Ferdinand

Rating:
Summary: Long time comin'
Review: "Prisoners" is a true story presented in a gripping fictional manner.

This novel will evoke both pride and shame in dealing with the dehumanizing effects of war.

It's a "can't put down" read.

Jerome Ferdinand

Rating:
Summary: Long time comin'
Review: I really enjoyed this read.

Mr. Zollo has kept this story inside for a long time but it was worth the wait.

Beautifully written with real characters. If a novel can be more realistically set into history, I want to read it!

I thank the author for entertaining me with his modern memory of a difficult period in history.

Rating:
Summary: Prisoners is fascinating!
Review: Talk about an anti-war book... I don't know if there exists another book that examines this fascinating yet horrific aspect of World War II; and, it does so by telling a story of the conditions and the near-hopelessness of the German POWs' situation -- without ever failing to remind us that the prisoners are Nazis.

I wasn't surprised to read that author has first-hand knowledge of the camps, as the story is told in oftentimes excrutiating detail -- but the type of detail that you hunger for. This is clearly a can't-put-down-until-you're-finished novel that tells a tough tale sensitively, artfully, and -- at times -- shockingly.

Rating:
Summary: Prisoners is fascinating!
Review: This is a wonderful novel on an aspect of WWII that is rarely read about, even in textbooks and is coupled with beautiful prose. The story is told gracefully and smoothly. Rarely, during the duration that I read it, was the book closed. Because of the books interested plot, story background and exquisite writing, this book is a MUST READ!