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We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter

17 reviews

alyssatuininga's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Physical abuse, War, Grief, Antisemitism, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Death, Religious bigotry, Genocide, Racism, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

maggieparedesauthor's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Antisemitism, War, Gun violence, and Violence

bakergirlsbooks1999's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gore, Grief, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Excrement, Violence, Death of parent, Hate crime, Blood, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Antisemitism, Genocide, and War

jaymehunt's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Any book set in Europe during WWII is going to be impactful. But the fact that this is based on the author’s real family is profound beyond words, and the fact that this is her debut novel is absolutely incredible. The research she put into it to do it justice really shows. I was immersed in each storyline, and the historical blurbs between chapters added impactful backstory.

Though the new series on Hulu is fantastic, I definitely recommend reading this first to digest every piece of vital information. And DO NOT skip the author’s notes at the end!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Antisemitism, Body horror, Murder, Hate crime, Police brutality, Death, War, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, and Genocide

annamk1704's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Grief, Antisemitism, and Hate crime

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This took a while, and I walked to DNF it so many times early on. There were too many characters to track, and I kept getting lost in the story. Plus I generally don’t love WWII as a genre. Glad I stuck with it. Payoff was worth it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Bullying, Blood, Religious bigotry, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy, Death, Deportation, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Torture, and War

heathers94's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Murder, Religious bigotry, War, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, and Racism

craftyanty's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

Finally got around to reading this book after having it sit on my TBR list for years.  Halfway through, I found out it is a true story (I either forgot or never knew.), and that made it even more engaging. 

I'd planned to read the ebook but ended up doing audio. That made it a bit hard to keep track of exactly how all the people were related though I could still keep track of each of the storylines without much fuss thanks to the narrator, Kathleen Gati.  She was so good at languages, accents, etc. that she made me feel as I was witnessing the story unfold in each of the parts of the world it was set in. I will definitely be looking for more of Gati's narrations.  I also can't wait for the Hulu series to stream later this week. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Genocide, and Death

Moderate: War and Child death

microbemom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Death, War, Hate crime, Slavery, Xenophobia, Racism, Genocide, Deportation, Torture, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and Racial slurs

thatsssorachael's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism and War

Moderate: Pregnancy