hannahleila 's review for:

The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck

3.0

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At first I was captured by the storytelling, and the concept of WWII from a new perspective. But I found it a little impersonal and hard to engage with. There were births and deaths that passed that I barely even registered. That could be partly because it took me so damn long to read though. But I just couldn’t get into this one like I wanted to. 3.5 stars nonetheless. I enjoyed it. Just didn’t live up to expectations.