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A review by pls210
Norwegian by Night by Derek B. Miller
3.0
If you can suspend your disbelief for a time you might find this book entertaining. A Jewish octogenarian who may or may not be an ex-sniper from the Korean War and may be falling into dementia, witnesses the killing of a young boy's mother. He assumes, based on war-guilt, responsibility for the boy and takes him on a cross country adventure to supposed safety. No money, phone, knowledge of the language, or land.
This got a 3 star rating from me only because I laughed out loud at some of Sheldon's dialogue and the Police Inspector conversations with her father. The book definitely needed a map to make it at all possible to understand where Sheldon was traveling to (but that might have made it even more implausible that he could have done it). The ending felt rushed and ambiguous (and not in a good way).
This got a 3 star rating from me only because I laughed out loud at some of Sheldon's dialogue and the Police Inspector conversations with her father. The book definitely needed a map to make it at all possible to understand where Sheldon was traveling to (but that might have made it even more implausible that he could have done it). The ending felt rushed and ambiguous (and not in a good way).