The book is as heartbreaking as any holocaust account. Now is the time to tell the world and remind it what happened and not allow stalin to be rehabilitated.

I hope this book gets a wider audience, as it is compelling and tackle the ignorance that exists. This is the kind of book which should be introduced as a teaching text - an accessible, informative and genuinely thought-provoking educational text. A n...  Read More

This is an excellently researched, well written book. In part harrowing, the real tragedy is that it's a true account of a largely unknown act of genocide. It is a powerful book on a shocking and 'hidden' period of history. Though academically well re...  Read More

Professor applebaum's book explores the origins and cultural influences of the ukraine region with conviction. It is about the repression of the ukrainian intellectual and political class, of the sovietisation of ukraine, the collectivisation of agric...  Read More

This is a narrative that absorbs and takes the reader to darker places than can easily be visualised.

As fake as a 3,5 € banknote. There's no doubt that it's been excellently researched but i find the style very dry and academic. The author like also the ukrainian state policy try to give the impression that there was a deliberate crime just against o...  Read More