A review by alisonb13
The Puppet Boy Of Warsaw by Eva Weaver

3.0

Some lovely ideas and writing here. Sense of hidden histories in the pocket-coat wonderful. First part a beautifully-evoked account through a child's eyes of the horrific inside of the Warsaw ghetto and I found Mika's evolution into puppet boy and the brief happiness he brought people very poignant. Found concept of the juxtaposition of Nazis as brutes and (in second part) as victims, arresting and original, although slightly uncomfortable with implicit line that 'we got hurt too'. Max's characterisation and journey less convincing, and Mara's bringing together of two stories never felt more than a contrived tying off of story lines. A good, at times great, read.