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Like a piece of classical music that begins slowly, scale upon scale upon scale, beautiful and steady, but by no means dangerous, thrilling or even emotional, the first half of the book is almost technical in its detachment. And then somewhere in between, during the years of the war, escalating toward a crescendo, the narrative is driven almost irresistibly forward, filled with revelations and sentences and feelings so quiet, so hopeful or despairing, like all of the minutes of the day accelerat
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So incredibly beautiful, I don't even have the words to describe what this reading meant to me. So many feels! (Why does it always happens with 5-star readings? Oh, well.)
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Well written and and moved quickly, but seemed a little light for a book set in WWII, not sure how to explain how slight the book felt despite being long and dealing with serious themes. Also every author should just delete their epilogue before publishing. Otherwise lovely.
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I have to give this book four stars, if only for the writing. The story pulls the reader in. There were passages I had to reread for the intricacies and details.
The ending is not tied up in a nice neat bow. I longed for a little more.
The story grows dark the deeper into the war. I had difficulty reading some of the horrors although the author handles them with skill and understatement
This is not my usual read but I couldn't put it down.
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The ending is not tied up in a nice neat bow. I longed for a little more.
The story grows dark the deeper into the war. I had difficulty reading some of the horrors although the author handles them with skill and understatement
This is not my usual read but I couldn't put it down.
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read for Popsugar 2017 advanced challenge: a book that takes place over a character's life span
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