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eobehrens 's review for:
City of Thieves
by David Benioff
A different perspective on WWII. Set in Russia focusing on a deserter of the Red Army and a boy who is still to young to join the army. It felt like this story leaned into the lighter side of war, although periodically touching on the seriousness. I liked the two main characters, but wished that the overall story didn't seem so trivial. I didn't care for the intro to the story with the grandson asking the grandparents for their story on the war. It seemed contrived, especially since the story doesn't turn back to present day again (what is the actual point of that intro?).