The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin

Queer centered historical fiction?! Don’t mind if I do! I was able to get my hands on an ARC of this and I cannot sing its praises loudly enough. The book takes place in Berlin in 1932, before Hitler fully comes into power and the queer community is at the end of a period of freedom to meet and be t......more

A story of a lesbian working at a Queer bar during the Weimar republic in the early 1930s, and all that could have been before Europe was changed forever. This story in verse was descriptive, hopeful, tragic and gripping, I enjoyed every moment.......more

This books shows the beautiful vibrant queer and Jewish life that many people were able to celebrate before the Nazis snuffed the beautiful diversity Berlin and many other cities and countries had to offer. I absolutely loved the hope this book had despite knowing what was coming after this book too......more

3.75 now I loved the political stuff in this especially since we are following a girl who is in love with a girl in the 1930s it's so hard especially back then AND in berlin.. it was a wonderful story. 🖤I'm so glad I read this:)......more

3 stars. Not particularly unique in terms of the writing itself. For being a story told in poems, I expected the poems themselves to be stronger. The story was not like any I've read before, however, and three cheers for an untold queer historical fiction piece.......more