A review by juanat77
Last Twilight in Paris by Pam Jenoff

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I’ve read many WWII novels and usually it takes me a few days to read them as they are filled with so much information. I flew through this one. It was very different than the other stories. In this one Jewish People were gathered, arrested and housed in a Paris department store—Lévitan. They unloaded the trucks, sorted through the items, displayed them, the captured women dressed up to sell the items and the Germans purchased them. The items consisted furniture to accessories and of course were items taken from Jewish homes. I can’t believe this really happened. I’ve never heard about people being held captive in a department store. Plus the stories the author created around it was creative and I couldn’t put it down. It had multiple POVs and multiple timelines—though not too far apart from each other. Highly recommend to anyone who loves to read historical fiction!

4.5 stars!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Thank you @netgalley @pamjenoff and @parkrowbooks for an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

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