The Wave

Everyone should read this book or at least watch the movie adaptation. Holy damn. This has made as big as an impact as the movie.

I watched ‘Die Welle' years ago in high school during my German class and It shocked me. Such a creepy feeling.
The book has the same atmosphere, so raw, so awful, so creepy.

The fact that it is based on a true experiment is staggering: you can't help but think of the mob mentality, the teacher's drunken power at a given moment, the few resisting students, the strenght of the group. And it is a question I myself had asked already: how could so many soldiers follow Hitler's awful cruelty?
Worth the reflection it provides.
Every time I re read it it reveals a new facet.

This one has been on the TBR list forever. I wish now I had read it when I was getting my History degree. It's a wee bit dated, but even I was caught up in the story by the middle. What scared me was the ways the Wave made the students “better” citizens and students. I could see the allure of being part of the movement, and I could see how it could get ugly-and fast. Very interesting read.