There were a lot of interesting historical and even cultural/religious aspects to this story. I really liked the idea of a golem that we looked at as “good” and a character we wanted to see get to live a normal life. I know that there are similar stories out there about other types of creatures, but I feel like this was a little bit different and unique. It was another look at World War II and all the different sides. Showing how people just turned on each other to save themselves. One part where Vera is called a monster by someone, and she thinks how it is actually the humans doing this to each other, so how is she the monster? That really stood out. And I get that it was a lot of what the story was trying to get across.
When the other golem or similar creatures are revealed it is just crazy, but also sounds right on track for something Nazis would do based on what we know of their experimenting on humans in concentration camps. There was a bit of a different look at the ghettos as well as resistance fighters. While this was a really good story, it did drag for me a bit at times. Overall I really did think it was a good story and will be putting it in my school library to share with my students.
When the other golem or similar creatures are revealed it is just crazy, but also sounds right on track for something Nazis would do based on what we know of their experimenting on humans in concentration camps. There was a bit of a different look at the ghettos as well as resistance fighters. While this was a really good story, it did drag for me a bit at times. Overall I really did think it was a good story and will be putting it in my school library to share with my students.