The Faithful Spy

Short Review: I have read a lot on Bonhoeffer previously. So I was not coming into the book blind. I think this was a good overview and it avoided a lot of pitfalls around Bonhoeffer. I do think that it hinted at too large a role for Bonhoeffer in a couple places where Bonhoeffer was a more peripheral figure, but for the most part the history is good.

I also liked the art, as with any graphic novel plays a very important role.

Honestly, I think this is probably the best presentation about how Hitler rose to power of any of the book on Bonhoeffer that I have read. There is a lot of misinformation there and many of the Bonhoeffer books do not spend a lot of time on the German context around Bonhoeffer. This book spent at least a third of the space giving context to Bonhoeffer, which I think was very helpful.



My full review is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/faithful-spy/