lukadu 's review for:

The Winemaker's Wife by Kristin Harmel

3.0

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Not my favorite Kristin Harmel book. This book has many topics: WW2 in France, the resistance, adultery, sexual assault, infidelity, abuse of power, lies, and the devastation of the Holocaust. The most problematic for me was the romanticizing of adultery. What I hated the most is the fact that both women chose to cheat on their marriage and made it seem like a simple consequence of the dwindling emotions of marriage. The complicated story of these people seem hard fetched and unbelievable, not only for the acts of whats happening but also by the actions they take. Another part that was weird was the last sappy part about characters meeting after death. It was sappy and unnecessary. All in all there are far better books about WW2.