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The Warsaw Sisters by Amanda Barratt
3.0

This is a hard book for me to review, mostly due to subject matter.

It’s 100% a necessary story, and the right reader will absolutely drink it in. It reminds us why we should “never forget,” increasingly important as time passes further and further on from WWII.

The book is impeccably researched and well written; this is both its strength and its challenge. The descriptions of events are graphic—unfortunately, too graphic for me most of the time. Only one other time that I can recall offhand—reading _The Hunger Games_ series—did I feel physically ill while reading.

I did finish the book, and was mostly glad I did—I’m a big fan of the author and again, do feel it’s a necessary book—but it was not an easy one. Sensitive readers like myself may be challenged to keep going.

I received an eARC of the book from the publisher via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.