I liked it. I didn't complete wow me, but I thought it was a good story. It's been a couple of years since I read it, but I remember caring about the characters and what happened to them, and that's important to me when I read a book.

I dont' remember being super impressed with the prose, but it wasn't bad and it didn't get in the way of my enjoyment.

What did you think?

I liked it. I just finished it today. I was surprised at the ending, b/c that would have been so predictable for so many authors. I didn't expect that. I've read so many books about WWII lately that I wasn't too excited about another one, but I did enjoy it. It took a while to get it from my library which is usually a good recommendation.

I read it several months ago and liked it a lot - a very touching and thoughtful novel. This is the first WWII novel I've read that provides a look into what life must have been for the German populace - people who did not approve of what their government was doing, but had much to fear from expressing their opinions (and worse for acting on them). I liked it that the novel humanized the German people of that era for me. -- Kathy

I liked it very much. Like Kathy, I appreciated the viewpoint of the German civilian, trapped. I also liked the way the narrator's empathy was expressed-it was unexpected.