Helpful Score: 2
I liked the backdrop, the main thread of the story, and the part of WWII history rarely told. I did finish the book, mostly on the strength of the side characters and wanting to know how things ended. I did NOT like the main character. She was completely unbelievable as a 19-year-old in that time and place. Her attitude through most of the book was, "I'll just sit here and do what I want, despite all logic, and somehow bad things won't happen to me, despite me being a Jewish girl surrounded by Nazis." Everyone has to force or bully her into protecting herself, all the way through the book. I had no sympathy at all for her, and nearly quit reading just because I couldn't stand her. It gets better in the middle, but toward the end she got stupid and selfish again. My other big complaint is the amount of sex all through the beginning, and then in bits at the end. The pregnancies needed to happen for the plot to unfold, but the descriptions were unnecessary.
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