A review by kmspedden
Distant Signs by Anne Richter

2.0

I did not finish this novel and I'm sorry to say that. It had a promising premise because I've read very few books that center around Germany after the war. Add in the fact that it spans different time frame and different people I wanted so much to come from it. But there was a problem, The book was too hard to get into. It felt a bit like stream of consciousness writing in the beginning and while it does help you get to know who the narrator is when it's done well it just left me a bit confused. Throwing the reader in the way this story did I felt like I was missing something or hadn't read the novel from the beginning because I was just confused by what was happening and it wasn't the best way to start something. So while I'm sure this novel will be enjoyable to others it just wasn't for me.