My Holocaust: A Novel

My Holocaust is a difficult book to comment upon or classify. I suppose there are two things the reader of My Holocaust should keep in mind. The dictionary definition of satire: the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc. This helps frame the entire novel, and will prevent any damaging or false reading of this work. The second is to read ALL of Tova Reich's novels... Read Full Review

Ultimately, I decided that this book was so brave and daring, so well-written and so constantly laugh-out-funny (no mean feat when talking about the Holocaust), that I couldn't bring myself to give it less than 5 stars. That's not to say that I wasn't tempted though. The author has a penchant for writing both sentences and paragraphs that go on and on and on, seemingly forever. When reading a book, I find that the eye and... Read Full Review

MY HOLOCAUST isn't the usual nonfiction account one would expect: it's a fictional satire packed with social commentary, and its premise is certain to spark debate, interest and controversy. Here other minorities and causes want to profit from the Holocaust and its attention - and two opportunity-driven businessmen make their living peddling the Holocaust to groups that seek status through victimization. A Holocaust Museum... Read Full Review

...to anyone who possesses even a shred of good taste. Instead, it is for all of us who adore "non p.c" books and movies (this book makes the original Producers and Blazing Saddles look tame in comparison). Reich skewers EVERYONE, every character; no one is exempt from her savage, satiric pen. Plus, I am finding out what happened to one of my all-time favorite characters, Mara Lieb, and her family. Please do NOT read this... Read Full Review