nallsop 's review for:

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson

3.0

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This was a good non-fiction read. The author did an excellent job of combining prose and fact, however I was left wanting more details about Hitler and the Nazi regime than what was given. The focus of the book ties two Americans in to the unfolding rise of the Nazis, and in my opinion spends a little too much time focusing on their personal lives. It was interesting, but not compelling, until the last 100 pages. Then it seemed rushed and over too soon.