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4.47 AVERAGE
4.47 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
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
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
This is more of a 3.5, but I'm willing to round it up because the historical characters are based on the real story of the author's forefathers. I simply couldn't care for Alice's life at home, her family and struggles. I hope, as the notes mention that she did justice to families with child on the spectrum; but I simply couldn't care for Alice's problems, sorry. It's still a good book however, and I enjoyed Alina's depiction of the slow creeping advance of horrors! But I'd almost recommend speed-reading Alice's chapters to focus on Alina's story if you were to read the book and were short on time.
This book was recommended by one of the women in the book group I’m a part of. I had never heard of this book or the author before. I was skeptical at first on whether I would like this book or not. I LOVED IT! I rarely ever cry in books and this book definitely brought tears to my eyes! I would highly recommend reading it!
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
I’ll circle back to read this when I have a chance.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Antisemitism, Death of parent
Moderate: Child death, Rape, Dementia, War
Minor: Terminal illness, Pregnancy
This book is told by two people at 2 different times. One during occupation of Poland and the other during present time. The eventual reveal that it was a grandmother/granddaighter telling their stories. I ran hot/cold with the characters of this book. The present day story is of a woman with 2 kids, one who has autism and the other is extremely intelligent, while managing everything due to her husband being so unhelpful (her feelings, not mine) She is coping with her grandma's stroke and how her own mother, a judge (very competent) has no understanding of people or emotions?? I understand this was to create a parallel of struggle, but it didn't work for me. I found the present day story and characters 1 dementional, while the occupation story more engaging and clearly the story the author wanted to tell. I feel like the author caved to the times of writing parallel story likes with a 50 year difference that is popular