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The book could have been good. They needed a ghost writer that could have taken all the emotions in this book to a much higher level. It’s too bad, really, because people will dismiss this book because it comes across as boring, due to they style of writing.
I’m on the fence about this book. The author contradicts herself in a few places. But, one must remember that she suffered severe emotional trauma, so her memories might be contradictory.
I did not expect to like this book as much as I did. It drew me in and I kept wanting to read more and more. At the end, it became a bit tiresome and made me wonder if this book was about her and the names she could drop or about her son and his experiences.
Having recently travelled to Havana, I wish had been able to read this book before I went, just to understand more about the countryâ??s history. It was well written and at the end, you hanker for more.
Just wow. Having learned virtually nothing about WWII history in school, this book was an education of itself for me. I still get sick to my stomach, thinking about what these poor people had to endure, if they even managed to survive. I have a whole new respect for anyone involved in WWII after reading this book.
It took so long to read this book. I was afraid I would not finish it before the next book club meeting. It never managed to grab my interest. I was reading the chapters just to finish the book. The idea of the book is a good one, but for some reason I never really could enjoy it. It is of epic length.
I could not put this book down! It grabbed my with the first chapter and I kept reading and reading. At the end, I was disappointed in how some of the lose ends were tied up, but overall, this is one of the best reads we’ve chosen in the book club.
This was a very well written book. A story about the “throw-away” people of our society. It captivates and pulls you into the life of a young girl who must learn how to survive completely on her own. A must read, in my opinion.
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