ranilsonarruda

** spoiler alert ** I really enjoyed this book. I especially loved the secondary characters like Marta(I look forward to hearing more about her in the sequel), Lukasz,Alek, and Krysia. Emma/Anna had her moments for me. I love how she was willing to help out the resistance, which to me was the best part of the book-I wish the Jenoff would have gone more into what the characters involved in that instead of so much time on the Kommandant. I often got irratated with Emma/Anna's character becuase she out the resistance in danger so often for her own selfish benifits. The one charter throughout the book I could not stand was the kommandant. I know that as a reader we were supposed to sympathize with him but I couldnt bring myself to do it, especially after we find out about his wife and father in law. The idea behind the kommandant's character is great and I wish it could have been explored more on his end-his thoughts and feelings. To me he was a weak man, with very little reedeming qualities. A lot of reviews that I read have said that the kommandant was not strong enough to stand up to the horrors he saw, which is true, but that shouldnt make him a likeable character. Especially when he may have had the power and position to help, even if it would have meant his death. I could have respected him a lot more if he would have died fighting for the woman he supposedly loved, instead of being to weak to admit he loved a jew.

2023-06-24 10:34