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4.33 AVERAGE
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BRILLIANT!! What a captivating, inspiring and heart-wrenching story. It is the best historical fiction book I have read this year! I was hooked from the very first page and could not stop reading. The German Wife is a powerful and emotional story derived from a true narrative about Operation Paperclip. Rimmer has a way of making you feel so connected to the characters and helps you to understand the different point of views. It left me pondering about what actions I would take in a similar situation. The book is about love and how far we will go for the ones we love. I highly recommend this one!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thank you to Harlequin Trade Publishing, Graydon House for my ARC to read in exchange for an honest review.
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Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
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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
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Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
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Yes
I have read countless historical fiction books, especially ones with female protagonists set during world wars.
But this book is different.
It balanced between a thin line between compassion and animosity and it did that so beautifully. Not every author can manage to bring out the humanity of a person serving the Nazi Government with as much as grace & poise as Kelly Rimmer has.
I really struggled to keep my anger at bay as at times the naivete of Sofie’s was so incredulous bordering on ridiculous. But I think this was the author’s intention, to make you feel all these real, raw & not necessarily pleasant emotions.
The German Wife is an extremely well researched book chronicling the lives of 2 very different women divided by a continent but bound together with the despair & hardships that come with the wars.
Sofie is married to a German Rocket Scientist “ Jürgen” & even though they vehemently oppose Hitler’s radical ideas, they are forced to join the Nazi Party for the sake of survival. Whereas Lizzie is a simple farm girl trying to survive the hard life, after she loses her parents, her farm and also the last remaining link she had with the world- her brother to PTSD.
Both these women are survivors & would do whatever is necessary to keep their loved ones safe so when their paths eventually do cross, the author unleashes all these emotions & you are engulfed with all these feelings of grief, courage, and mercy.
Written in dual timelines , 1930s & 1950s and with multiple narrators, this is one book you do not want to miss if you are a fan of historical fiction.
It was so easy to slip into this world of Kelly Rimmer & though the story was eerily emotional & distressing, I did not want it to finish.
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But this book is different.
It balanced between a thin line between compassion and animosity and it did that so beautifully. Not every author can manage to bring out the humanity of a person serving the Nazi Government with as much as grace & poise as Kelly Rimmer has.
I really struggled to keep my anger at bay as at times the naivete of Sofie’s was so incredulous bordering on ridiculous. But I think this was the author’s intention, to make you feel all these real, raw & not necessarily pleasant emotions.
The German Wife is an extremely well researched book chronicling the lives of 2 very different women divided by a continent but bound together with the despair & hardships that come with the wars.
Sofie is married to a German Rocket Scientist “ Jürgen” & even though they vehemently oppose Hitler’s radical ideas, they are forced to join the Nazi Party for the sake of survival. Whereas Lizzie is a simple farm girl trying to survive the hard life, after she loses her parents, her farm and also the last remaining link she had with the world- her brother to PTSD.
Both these women are survivors & would do whatever is necessary to keep their loved ones safe so when their paths eventually do cross, the author unleashes all these emotions & you are engulfed with all these feelings of grief, courage, and mercy.
Written in dual timelines , 1930s & 1950s and with multiple narrators, this is one book you do not want to miss if you are a fan of historical fiction.
It was so easy to slip into this world of Kelly Rimmer & though the story was eerily emotional & distressing, I did not want it to finish.
Happy Reading
medium-paced
I could not put this novel down. Rimmer captures the dark moral quandaries inherent to all privileged lives no matter what we have sacrificed or what has been taken from us. Highly recommend.