3.68 AVERAGE

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Loved a lot of this book but truly found the main character so annoying for so long that it prevented it from being a 5-star read for me
adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I found this to be entertaining. There are a number of plot lines and mysteries that are intertwined, so keeping the characters separate can get tricky. 
adventurous challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced

Slooooooooow 
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DID NOT FINISH: 22%

Was just hard to get into
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loopygrace's review

4.25
adventurous emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This book's blurb was not what I expected at all to how the book actually was- but ultimately I liked it!. This had a healthy mix of quirky and kinda spy mystery with a healthy dose of WWII historical fiction.

This book was laugh out loud hilarious, sad and fun all at the same time.

Thank you so much Netgalley for the eArc in exchange for my honest review!
adventurous lighthearted slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Promising premise but the epistolary elements didn’t work. Should have been frothy, but I found the combination of screwball and Holocaust unwieldy.
adventurous emotional funny informative lighthearted mysterious fast-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: Yes

I adored this! A unique novel that's lighthearted comedy meets mystery-thriller meets World War II/Holocaust historical fiction. Elisabeth Dini's author note at the end was touching — I appreciate the research and thought she put into the novel! She gave us a fun, fast-paced read that also handled the more serious and emotional elements with care.