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Our Darkest Night: A Novel of Italy and the Second World War
by Jennifer Robson
Nina is posing as Nico’s wife to hopefully escape the dangers that came with being a Jew in Europe during WW2. There was this constant feeling of anxiousness since Nina could have been caught at any time which would mean a lot of danger for her and the people close to her. Her life changes drastically as she has to learn to be a “wife” and even pose as a Christian. There were certain parts that made me angry…like it was supposed to. There were certain people in the book who were determined to bring Nico and Nina down, and Robson does a great job of using this to keep my attention
The theme of family was heavy on this one. During hard times like these, people make a lot of enemies and friends. This book illustrated this as Nina came to love a lot of people throughout the book. I wasn’t really engrossed in her and Nico’s relationship, but it definitely added an element to the story. There wasn’t that tension we usually get when people marry for other reasons other than love, but then I hit myself on the head because that is super insensitive for a WW2 book.
There are many WW2 and holocaust books out there and I didn’t feel like this necessarily stood out, but it was still a great book!!
The theme of family was heavy on this one. During hard times like these, people make a lot of enemies and friends. This book illustrated this as Nina came to love a lot of people throughout the book. I wasn’t really engrossed in her and Nico’s relationship, but it definitely added an element to the story. There wasn’t that tension we usually get when people marry for other reasons other than love, but then I hit myself on the head because that is super insensitive for a WW2 book.
There are many WW2 and holocaust books out there and I didn’t feel like this necessarily stood out, but it was still a great book!!