A review by maryfaithreads
Prisoner of Night and Fog by Anne Blankman

3.0

Really grappling with whether I want to give this 3 or 4 stars...

This book was a major page-turner. Although it was historical fiction, I'd say it had some thriller aspects. I really had a hard time putting it down. That being said, I didn't love it, which I know sounds really strange. You would think flying through a book like this would mean it was amazing, but it just felt like it was lacking something to me.

I love learning about WWII, and reading about it (whether it's true or not), so I loved the historical part of this. Seeing this glance into Hitler's life was really interesting. (It reminded me a little bit of [b:The Boy at the Top of the Mountain|24737113|The Boy at the Top of the Mountain|John Boyne|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1427582588s/24737113.jpg|44363052] in that regard.) I liked Gretchen as well. I felt like she was a brave character who stood strong in the face of immense fear. I don't know if I'm totally feeling her relationship with Daniel yet, but I have hope.

Although I didn't enjoy this quite as much as I had hoped, I'm still excited to read the sequel. I'm hoping the next book will delve more into the psychoanalysis that we saw a hint of here. I'm also curious to see how this will wrap up...will it go into the war? Will the story end before then? We shall see.