Very realistic, depressing look at three different storylines that meet in the last days of WWII. One is of a Jew who jumped from a train transporting him to a concentration camp and lived by impersonating... (read more)

Multi-layered, at times complicated, and incredibly addictive. I was thinking of the characters day and night until I finished. I listened to the audio. Perhaps that added to the experience ... (read more)

A compelling story of an old Prussian family - especially the women - coming face to face with the brutality that was WWII. The war is up close and personal primarily through the eyes of a civilian family.... (read more)

well written, good character developement, hard to put down but graphic due to the subject matter

I thought this was a really good book! It was a very quick read! Although some parts were hard to get through because it was graphic I got through it knowing it could have actually happened! I also loved... (read more)

IT WAS A VERY HARD READ. THE WRITING WAS QUITE GOOD, BUT THE IMAGES WERE QUITE STARK AND VIOLENT. MOST OF THE CHARACTERS WERE HORRIBLY KILLED, SO I FOUND MYSELF DISTANCING MYSELF FROM ANY OF THE CHARACTERS;... (read more)