2.95k reviews for:

La città dei ladri

David Benioff

4.23 AVERAGE

wildeone's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

jmuzuber's review against another edition

4.0

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A compelling adventure, well written and engaging. Not necessarily a lighthearted read, but what war stories are? It’s a very human tale, and a good coming of age story.

catiana's review against another edition

5.0

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Beautiful and heartbreaking

musicinyoursoup's review against another edition

4.0

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A book that really is all about the journey. Wonderful characters and constant changes. I couldn't put it down.

gabarraza's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

chrisbrook's review against another edition

4.0

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Finished last night - whirlwind six hour reading night. Enjoyed!

enecks's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

cunkonmars_1's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

the_gush's review against another edition

5.0

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I loved this book because it was spare and sharp and entertaining and heartbreaking all at once. This story of two unlikely comrades on an impossible quest to find a dozen eggs during the siege of Leningrad combines a coming-of-age storyline with elements of a Russian fairy tale, all steeped in the unimaginable horrors of WWII. Suitably grim as befits a WWII story, yet with moments of levity (no pun intended!), every scene had a purpose. It's this artful combination of narrative economy and compelling entertainment that impresses, even while it is difficult to comprehend the inhumanity that fuels the war machine. I also liked the framing device wherein the reader understands that this book is based upon the likely experiences of David Benioff's grandfather (or not; after all it's fiction -- hinting towards metafiction).

katymoo's review against another edition

3.0

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A good human story with enough history thrown in to make me want to read more about Leningrad...

Thanks Dard for loaning me this - I can return it now!