smartipants8 's review for:

Leaving Berlin by Joseph Kanon

3.0

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Somewhere between a 3 and a 4. I liked it, but it was a bit too "pat" - the main character seemed to barely be affected by returning to his beloved city and seeing the destruction. He had one or two brief thoughts about his parents being killed by Nazis. The female characters blithely confessed to being raped repeatedly by the Russian soldiers (something that really happened but not something that women talk about very openly. In fact, most German women denied it til the end). It all was a bit confusing in the end but still, an enjoyable tale.