Review from We Fancy Books

from Era at We Fancy Books. bloodspot.com

It’s not all the time that a certain book can bring me to tears. Trust me; I’m somewhat a tough lady, according to myself that is. But this book made me cry for a few minutes. My eyes couldn’t hold my tears as they came flooding down my cheeks. Not that I should stop myself or anything because that would be hard.

Ami Blackwelder wrote a beautiful historical romance novel in the face of The Day the Flowers Died. It was set during the time in which Hitler, the German dictator, had risen to power. I have watched movies and read articles about the inhumane treatment of the Nazis to the Jews. And every time, every time that I see or read it, it’s like it stabs me in the heart. It still pains me that such thing happened in the history of humanity.

And then here comes this book. I felt like while reading this, I was in the 30’s at a German city called Munich. This book provided me a glimpse to this city that had drastically changed in such a short period of time. Eli, the protagonist of the story, is a Jew who was born in Germany. The way he felt about his country when Hitler had started Nazi blows, it really makes me so sad. The way this book was written was tender and slowly and heartfelt. I felt compassion and sympathy to every Jew from that time. They seemed like the unluckiest Jews ever, which is very saddening.

But who wouldn’t really be touched by this love story. I mean I couldn’t go on without spoiling but really it is touching. The last part made me feel like I was in a rollercoaster which is about to go down from the peak. I was anticipating something to happen and well something did happen and it was just really probably icing on the cake.

I think it’s really beautiful and heart touching. I’d want people to read this too.

FAN MAIL from Mark

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I have just finished “The Day The Flowers Died”.  That was one of the hardest to read books I have ever started, not because of your writing, but because of the subject.  At the end I was in tears.  Was this book historically correct, did Hitler actually rise to power through Democracy?  I just never thought of it that way.  Thanks for the books and I will leave a review.

-Mark

Yes, Mark,

Hitler rose to power through Democracy. Yes, votes matter:) The country had been under a lot of stress after War World I and between hunger, poverty, unemployment and a need for new leadership Hitler came to power. However, note that his Nazi party had been influencing the country far before he had taken power. In the 20's the Nazi power was cruel to various cities, destroying the science center on sexual inquiries in Berlin as well beating on gay people. 

Thank you so much for your letter. I wrote the book for two reasons. One, the characters came to me in a dream and refused to leave my head till I wrote the story. Two, because I wanted to deliberately educate while entertaining people on the historical facts of War World II and the Nazi party under Hitler. 

Fan Mail from Lora

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Yes I am dying to know if he went looking for her?

Thank you so much for sending the books for the school. It will be super cool to have your own little section where the students can read your work for years to come

Thanks so much Ami!

-Lora