bookedwithmel 's review for:

The Hidden Book: A Novel by Kirsty Manning

4.25

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I don’t read a lot of books that take place in the concentration camps. Sometimes they are just too emotional for me. It’s such a tragedy that so many innocent people suffered and died in those horrible places. Even though this was as emotional as I expected it to be, I thoroughly enjoyed it. I loved the multiple POVs. The men in Mauthausen suffered greatly but they still were able to maintain friendships and were determined to show people outside the camps and in the future what they suffered through. I loved Lena’s perspective. She shouldered so much because of her sister and trying to help her family by working and keeping Greta safe. But even through all of that, she still wanted to help the prisoners in whatever way possible, even if it was small. Hannah’s perspective was probably my favorite. She wanted so badly to learn more about her grandfather and his life, even though her mother didn’t want to talk about any of it. She went so far as to go to school for history and get her PhD to learn more about Mauthausen and her deda.

This is the first book I’ve read by Kirsty Manning and I will definitely be reading more.

Thank you Bibliolifestyle and William Morrow for my gifted copy f this book.