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The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure

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lindsayaunderwood's review

3.0

Simple but great story about a French architect creating designs to hide Jewish people during the German occupation. Really enjoyed the main character and a few of the side characters as well. Easy read.

jessica_sis23's review

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4.0

Great book, would recommend it to my friends.

mrsnubson's review against another edition

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5.0

I loved this story! It really kept me on edge and wanting to know what happens next. I would definitely recommend this book!

shareen17's review

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3.0

I thought the writing and character development was a little clunky, but the plot was a page-turner. It's about a Parisian architect during the German occupation of France who gets pulled into helping Jews by designing hiding spots for them. This is despite him being a pretty terrible person.

devansbooklife's review

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4.0

4.5 Stars
I love reading historical fiction that revolves around WWII so this immediately attracted my attention. I found it engrossing. Knowing a lot about this time period and understanding why some of characters behaved the way they did made the book more rewarding. I loved Lucien's development throught the story. At first I was a little put off by his general cockiness and egotistical behavior, so I wasn't sure that I would ever really enjoy the book. He slowly redeemed himself. The hiding places created by Lucien were very well described and I had no difficulty visualizing them despite my limited knowledge of architecture. I loved the way the author utilized his love of architecture in the story to make it more palpable and realistic.