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Prisoner of Night and Fog by Anne Blankman
4.0

This book has been recommended to me many times as well as it has been recommended a lot on booktube. So when I was in the library I decided to pick it up. I enjoyed this book.
This is a very character-driven story that is mainly focused around Gretchen, the main character. She is a very strong heroine, but not in the 'kick-ass and sassy' kinda way. She is strong even though her world is crumbling down and she discovers everything she believed in were lies. She went through a lot of character development and I really appreciated her.
Then there is Daniel, a jewish reporter for the münchener post. In the beginning he is abused by Gretchen's brother and Gretchen saves him. Later on he contacts her, because he believes Gretchen's father was murdered and he thinks Gretchen might listen. Gretchen should despise him, but instead she treats him as a normal person. Soon they fall in love. I really liked Daniel, he was loving and caring and he stood for what he believed in. He treated people in the right way.
At the end of the book the author explains what things in the book were fiction and what wasn't. She also explains which characters were real people and what happened to them. I really appreciated this.
Overall I really enjoyed this book, but not as much as every one said I would. I really liked Gretchen and Daniel and the story intrigued me. I will pick up the next book. I also really appreciated all the information the author included at the end.