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A review by itsambarnotamber
The Dressmaker's Gift by Fiona Valpy
5.0
I couldn't put this book down and it only took me 2 days to get through. It is so beautifully written with so much soul and heart that I had to remind myself these were fictional characters and not real people.
I enjoyed that the main focus wasn't Paris, or fashion, or even a love story although the book contained all of these things. They were comfortable side characters that gave room for the main actors to play, breathe, and grow. It didn't romanticize the French resistance against the Nazi's but it definitely made me ask, "What side, were I to be living during that time, would I choose? Would I just keep my head down and try to get by or would I risk my entire life to fight?" As the book progressed the answer in my head wasn't always black and white. It helped that she compared it to the recent terrorist attacks over the last few years in Paris and how in both instances people tried their hardest to stand together even when fear tells you to sit down.
I loved all of the little tidbits and how those details beautifully wrapped themselves up at the end of the story like a present. This author is absolutely amazing and although I read this book well over a week ago I'm still thinking about it and it definitely brought tears to my eyes to see the turmoil these characters went through. I'm excited to read her other works.
I enjoyed that the main focus wasn't Paris, or fashion, or even a love story although the book contained all of these things. They were comfortable side characters that gave room for the main actors to play, breathe, and grow. It didn't romanticize the French resistance against the Nazi's but it definitely made me ask, "What side, were I to be living during that time, would I choose? Would I just keep my head down and try to get by or would I risk my entire life to fight?" As the book progressed the answer in my head wasn't always black and white. It helped that she compared it to the recent terrorist attacks over the last few years in Paris and how in both instances people tried their hardest to stand together even when fear tells you to sit down.
I loved all of the little tidbits and how those details beautifully wrapped themselves up at the end of the story like a present. This author is absolutely amazing and although I read this book well over a week ago I'm still thinking about it and it definitely brought tears to my eyes to see the turmoil these characters went through. I'm excited to read her other works.