A review by ellebelle531
City of Thieves by David Benioff

2.0

While the back cover made this book sound right up my alley, I did not enjoy it. The premise is good, but the characters were not particularly compelling and Benioff’s addition of crass humor was off-putting rather than funny. Yes, there are several episodes that were compelling, but that was more because of the horror of the situation and knowing that things like that truly happened than because of any attachment I had to the characters. Content considerations: frequent sexual and anatomical references; violence and gore; cannibalism; antisemitism. 18+