Hitler (An Illustrated Life)

Hitler... as according to Gregor Strasser: "He doesn't smoke, he doesn't drink, he eats almost nothing but green stuff, he doesn't touch any women! How are we supposed to understand him across to other people?"...

At times, I hate to read historical biography... Most of the time, this kind of books might end up as half histories plus half biographical stuff. "Hitler, an illustrated life" is more than that.. perhaps 60% of history stuff plus 40% of biography stuff, LOL. Well, I understand the difficulties in writing historical biography. The author needs to be precise about historical facts. At the same time, he/ she needs to give his / her opinion in regards to biographical stuff! Tough? Of course...

In terms of facts, I thought this book reveals a lot of great stuff. However, a book with only 224 pages surely has its limitation. In fact, I think the author over-emphasize the historical parts. At the end, readers may find it boring (Well, history itself is boring enough, isn't it? LOL) and find it hard to pick up any interest part. For myself, I was initially looking forward to know more about the personality of the said fanatical dictator. Unfortunately, I found very little of that.

Overall, I love and hate this book... I love the "simplicity" by the author (simple yet precise!). A small book (with only 224 pages) to tell the story of a dictator did enough to proved my point! I hate it as I am a reader who prefers more biography stuff. After all, Europe histories no longer attract me these days.

Having said that, I am not going to rate highly on this book. Out of 10, I am giving 4 points based on my personal expectations in exploring this book. Like I said above, I do not hate this book. But, I do not like it too...