An important story to tell but some of the execution didn't work for me. It took me past the half way mark to get into it and I didn't connect with the characters like I expected to. This was no more apparent than when difficult stuff happened towards the end and I didn't emote.

I've read other books with similar themes that I've connected with much more, where the horrors of WW2 were felt down to my soul. I didn't with this one.