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emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
I thought I'd read this when I was younger but no part of it was familiar to me so I must have only read When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit. It's set in London during the Blitz, after Anna and her family escaped from Berlin and then from Paris. It's an absorbing wartime story but it's also a coming of age narrative as Anna struggles to decide what she wants to do with her life. Kerr highlights how unfair the treatment of German refugees was, how helpless the family felt and the strain put on Anna's relationship with her parents. There are a few parts where it's very obviously autobiographical because it's quite mundane and not plotted like a completely fictional narrative would be. There's also an inappropriate romance towards the end which I wasn't expecting. However I'm glad I read it and I'll read the final book in the trilogy soon.
Content Warnings
Graphic: War
Minor: Antisemitism and Xenophobia
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