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jnishimura 's review for:
The Things We Cannot Say
by Kelly Rimmer
Kelly Rimmer delivered a well-written dual timeline story about Alina, an innocent teen at the outbreak of Nazi occupied Poland, and Alice, a modern wife with an autistic son, a gifted daughter, and a casually unpresent husband. Both storylines are well-developed and original but I felt only connected to half the story—Alina’s specifically. Alina’s WWII storyline was much more compelling and detailed which almost left me impatiently waiting for Alice’s chapters to pass. My struggle with Alice’s storyline was that it swung on a constant pendulum between frustration with her husband/life and her love of her children. Because the readers have no choice but to inspect both protagonists’ lives side-by-side, I couldn’t help but feel Alice’s emotional repertoire was two dimensional in comparison to the range of life’s joys experienced by those surviving war.
Details I really appreciated: an original storyline for WWII in Europe; rich historical research; the idiosyncrasies showcased by Alice’s son’s communication device.
Aspects I could’ve done without:the term “burst into tears” was frightfully overused; the amount of passive aggressive adults
Details I really appreciated: an original storyline for WWII in Europe; rich historical research; the idiosyncrasies showcased by Alice’s son’s communication device.
Aspects I could’ve done without:the term “burst into tears” was frightfully overused; the amount of passive aggressive adults