4.39 AVERAGE


3.5 stars
dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad 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
challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad 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
dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A
emotional sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Maybe it’s because I saw the movie first. But I could not get into this book. I felt like the characters weren’t developed like they were in the movie.
I always love the books more than the movies. But this was the opposite. I felt like the movie did a better job, taking its time and developing the characters. Weird, right??
dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

This was a poignant story and a families survival through a very dark time in history. There were some things that I learned about the Holocaust, we so often focus only on the German and Soviet area, but hearing about Brazil and other European countries was interesting. I also liked the ending information about how the story is in honor of her family.