How Languages Saved Me
An incredible story! After reading so many WWII novels, this story seemed so unbelievable that he could evade capture for so long and escape authorities several times! Overall it was a fairly positive story…
The Storyteller
Why are there so many WWII books? And why do I keep reading them?! Every time I read them my heart is broken in new ways. It is just unfathomable to even experience the Holocaust secondhand through the written word. This quote from the book is…
In Farleigh Field
Sure, there was some predictability and it was a bit excessive on the 'Crikey!' usage, but the overall plot was interesting and there was…
The Room on Rue Amelie
“Perhaps that was what it was like to love someone deeply: to feel that no matter how many moments together you were granted, there would never be enough.”
The Alice Network
This book was just okay for me. Reading the author’s note at the end boosted my opinion a bit because I had to give her credit for the way she utilized and expounded on true events. I thought her combination…
The Nightingale
This book infuriated me. Well. Because Nazis. Ugh. I've read several historical fiction books on WWII this year and I'm still surprised how each book finds its own niche. This one…
The Book Thief
“The words were on their way, and when they arrived, Liesel would hold them in her hands like the clouds, and she would wring them out like the rain.”
Once We Were Brothers
The main character, Elliot, in present day, recognizes who he thinks to be Otto (though now with a different name), a boy raised by Elliot’s family/turned Nazi officer and accuses him of his past crimes, including stealing his family’s wealth.