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bookishemm 's review for:
Prisoner of Night and Fog
by Anne Blankman
This review is also posted on my blog The Little Book Affair.
I love historical fiction with a WWII setting.
This was definitely an interesting story because I have never read a historical fiction told from a pro-Hitler point of view. To have Hitler be a character in the story, rather than just the enemy, was definitely a new experience. It was very obvious that Blankman put in a lot of time and research into her story, which helped the story seem genuine.
The first chapter didn’t waste any time setting the scene, however, after the first chapter the story slows down to what kind of feels like a crawl. The end of chapter one does set the scene with a touch of mystery which definitely had me intrigued, but the overall pacing of the story was slow.
I liked Gretchen as the main character. Watching her discover who Hitler really was and figuring out what happened to her dad was a ride. She had a lot of inner turmoil, which was fun to read about. I enjoyed her character development a whole lot.
Gretchen’s brother is a pure sociopath and I also hated her mother – although I loved that her name was Liesel (aye, The Book Thief).
After a while though, I sort of felt like I had enough information regarding Gretchen’s father. I found myself not caring anymore about her father towards the end and I was just interested in reading about Gretchen. This led me to feel a little bored with the story sometimes.
I appreciated the slow burn romance in the book; I thought it was cute and sweet, and Daniel was a great character. I loved when he and Gretchen had scenes together; my only complaint being I wish they had more.
Overall, I enjoyed reading Prisoner of Night and Fog, but I don’t know if I’m interested in reading the second novel. I feel like I got enough out of the first book.
I love historical fiction with a WWII setting.
This was definitely an interesting story because I have never read a historical fiction told from a pro-Hitler point of view. To have Hitler be a character in the story, rather than just the enemy, was definitely a new experience. It was very obvious that Blankman put in a lot of time and research into her story, which helped the story seem genuine.
The first chapter didn’t waste any time setting the scene, however, after the first chapter the story slows down to what kind of feels like a crawl. The end of chapter one does set the scene with a touch of mystery which definitely had me intrigued, but the overall pacing of the story was slow.
I liked Gretchen as the main character. Watching her discover who Hitler really was and figuring out what happened to her dad was a ride. She had a lot of inner turmoil, which was fun to read about. I enjoyed her character development a whole lot.
Gretchen’s brother is a pure sociopath and I also hated her mother – although I loved that her name was Liesel (aye, The Book Thief).
After a while though, I sort of felt like I had enough information regarding Gretchen’s father. I found myself not caring anymore about her father towards the end and I was just interested in reading about Gretchen. This led me to feel a little bored with the story sometimes.
I appreciated the slow burn romance in the book; I thought it was cute and sweet, and Daniel was a great character. I loved when he and Gretchen had scenes together; my only complaint being I wish they had more.
Overall, I enjoyed reading Prisoner of Night and Fog, but I don’t know if I’m interested in reading the second novel. I feel like I got enough out of the first book.