A review by marlo_c
City of Women by David R. Gillham

2.0

I'm torn about this book. I've always been drawn to reading about this time period, and the feeling I get about Berlin seems authentic to the time, but the characters just don't feel quite believable to me. I can sympathize with Sigrid and believe that she was disconnected from her husband and that her affair is part of the catalyst that changes the course of her routine existence, but the multiple sexual escapades (and the situations in which they occur) seem less authentic. Ericha's character also fell flat. In addition, I grow tired of vulgarity and crudity, of which there was plenty in this book. However, the redeeming quality was the sacrifice and transformation revealed at the end.