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barbaraskalberg's review against another edition
3.0
3.5
While this is a WW2 story, it's not the "usual" holocaust story. I've not read one with this particular storyline before.
While this is a WW2 story, it's not the "usual" holocaust story. I've not read one with this particular storyline before.
msmadeline_5050's review against another edition
5.0
This book is absolutely, beautifully written. This encompasses just one of the many stories that places you in the perspective of an individual living through the horrors of the Nazi ruling in Europe. This books keeps giving and keeps pulling at your heartstrings. Romance, persistence, faith, love, family, hope, and so much more. This book leaves you with a lot to think about.
bcope84's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
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? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Genocide, Infertility, Antisemitism, Hate crime, Deportation, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, and War
soph_jane_h's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
markreadsbooks_sg's review against another edition
4.0
I got While Paris Slept by Ruth Druart from NetGalley for free, for a fair and honest review.
While Paris Slept, is based on the transportation of the Jews from France which took place at night.
A young railway employee who is employed by the Germans to fix the railway tracks at a railway station, from where the Jews are transported at night.
On one such night a young baby is passed to him so that the baby is not transported to the east.
In the process of rescuing the baby he shoots a German soldier, because of this he flees with the baby and his girlfriend to America.
Thinking that the Parents must have died, they bring up the baby as their own.
However nine years later the baby's parents are alive and they want their baby back.
While Paris Slept, is one of those stories that pulls at the heartstrings, as the moral dilemma in the story, is one which has no right or wrong answer. This is especially true as the writer Ruth Druart, explains that each person's actions were the most logical one for individuals to make at the time.
This story is written in the first person, with both parents and the young boy having chapters which were only seen from that characters point of view.
I know there are many readers out there who do not like this style of story, however in this case I feel that if the story was told in the third person, or only the perspective of one or two people, then I feel the story would have been biased to one parent or the other.
With the story being so well balanced in the way that it was told makes the story a lot more emotional and the dilemma of where the child should live is not an easy one to decide.
All this make While Paris Slept by Ruth Druart a great read.
While Paris Slept, is based on the transportation of the Jews from France which took place at night.
A young railway employee who is employed by the Germans to fix the railway tracks at a railway station, from where the Jews are transported at night.
On one such night a young baby is passed to him so that the baby is not transported to the east.
In the process of rescuing the baby he shoots a German soldier, because of this he flees with the baby and his girlfriend to America.
Thinking that the Parents must have died, they bring up the baby as their own.
However nine years later the baby's parents are alive and they want their baby back.
While Paris Slept, is one of those stories that pulls at the heartstrings, as the moral dilemma in the story, is one which has no right or wrong answer. This is especially true as the writer Ruth Druart, explains that each person's actions were the most logical one for individuals to make at the time.
This story is written in the first person, with both parents and the young boy having chapters which were only seen from that characters point of view.
I know there are many readers out there who do not like this style of story, however in this case I feel that if the story was told in the third person, or only the perspective of one or two people, then I feel the story would have been biased to one parent or the other.
With the story being so well balanced in the way that it was told makes the story a lot more emotional and the dilemma of where the child should live is not an easy one to decide.
All this make While Paris Slept by Ruth Druart a great read.
briggserica's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 ⭐️ I am usually not a historical fiction girl but this book was incredible. This is a truly heartbreaking story surrounding a mother’s decision to save her son in World War II, even if it meant she could never see him again. I was hooked the entire way through, and would recommend.
sofialibrary_sofia's review against another edition
5.0
O livro alterna entre Paris em 1944, onde Sarah, pouco depois de dar à luz e a caminho de Auchwitz, entrega o seu filho a um desconhecido e Califórnia em 1953, onde Jean Luc e a sua mulher Charlotte vivem uma vida tranquila com o filho Sam e onde nem sonham com o passado.
Fiquei lavada em lágrimas com este livro.
É muito mais que um livro sobre segunda guerra.
(Aliás já estou um pouco saturada de histórias passadas em campos de concentração).
Na segunda guerra mundial houve tantas mas tantas histórias tristes, e esta é apenas mais uma.
Muito sobre a relação do Samuel com os pais verdadeiros e os pais adoptivos.
Muito sobre a forma como o tempo transforma as pessoas.
Muito sobre as escolhas que por vezes temos de fazer, por mais que nos custem.
Muito sobre o amor verdadeiro pelo próximo.
A dor de perder um filho muito bem retratada: o desespero, o vale tudo, a loucura.
Adorei este livro. Recomendo.
Um dos poucos romances 5⭐️ que li este ano.
Fiquei lavada em lágrimas com este livro.
É muito mais que um livro sobre segunda guerra.
(Aliás já estou um pouco saturada de histórias passadas em campos de concentração).
Na segunda guerra mundial houve tantas mas tantas histórias tristes, e esta é apenas mais uma.
Muito sobre a relação do Samuel com os pais verdadeiros e os pais adoptivos.
Muito sobre a forma como o tempo transforma as pessoas.
Muito sobre as escolhas que por vezes temos de fazer, por mais que nos custem.
Muito sobre o amor verdadeiro pelo próximo.
A dor de perder um filho muito bem retratada: o desespero, o vale tudo, a loucura.
Adorei este livro. Recomendo.
Um dos poucos romances 5⭐️ que li este ano.
amandareads84's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
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? It's complicated
5.0