Reviews

The Berlin Letters by Katherine Reay

judebugs's review

adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

violetcat's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

dearkatie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

One of my fave reads of the year - and yes, I’m calling that in May!

slherbel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad 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

3.75

klooneykanz's review

adventurous hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense 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? N/A

4.0

kerrynicole72's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

loririder71's review

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.25

Interesting perspective on Berlin from the time the Wall went up until it opened in 1989. The codes confused me since sometimes it was clear where the coded words came from and sometimes it wasn't. I also couldn't help but think that the letters would have been in German so would the codes still have worked? But I enjoyed the story and the characters.

she_reads_truth_365's review

informative mysterious medium-paced

4.25

caseytherrien's review

challenging dark hopeful sad tense medium-paced

5.0

I loved this book. The way Reay wrote dual perspectives, the way they shared the volatility of Berlin, it was so well done. A real page turner! 

zmede's review

challenging emotional informative reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

I enjoyed reading this book but did find that some of the chapters had a lot of non-essential information which delayed the plot from progressing. I wanted to stick through with it to the end because it’s a great plot but definitely struggled during those chapters.