anhedonia_n_anomie 's review for:

Caging Skies by Christine Leunens

4.25

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Boy begins a bleak life in Nazi Austria; raised by his mother to accept this authority—in order not to accidentally attract unnecessary scrutiny—she is secretly both anti-Nazi & hiding a Jewish girl.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting