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A review by thisbookishcat
The Girls in the Attic by Marius Gabriel
Did not finish book. Stopped at 21%.
I'm genuinely upset that I didn't like this book more, because I really wanted to. I love historical fiction, especially stuff set during WW2, and I'm a sucker for a good love story, but oh no.
The writing in this novel left a lot to be desired.
Too much dialogue - less is often more.
None of the characters were endearing - sure Magda and Heidi were okay, but only because they were there to placate the hot heads apparently.
Our Romeo and Juliet were unrealistic - there's no way that at 15-year-old or what have you a young woman wouldn't know what's going on during WW2, she's young not stupid. I also don't believe that in a matter of a few days this soldier would become enamoured with her given what we know of what took place with the Hitler Youth, what with them not being warm at all towards each other, and considering they have like four brief interactions in the book by this point. Maybe at 50% into the book I would have bought it, but not this early on.
Overall, I wanted to enjoy myself because this seemed like it'd be right up my alley, but it fell short for me.
Thank you NetGalley for a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
The writing in this novel left a lot to be desired.
Too much dialogue - less is often more.
None of the characters were endearing - sure Magda and Heidi were okay, but only because they were there to placate the hot heads apparently.
Our Romeo and Juliet were unrealistic - there's no way that at 15-year-old or what have you a young woman wouldn't know what's going on during WW2, she's young not stupid. I also don't believe that in a matter of a few days this soldier would become enamoured with her given what we know of what took place with the Hitler Youth, what with them not being warm at all towards each other, and considering they have like four brief interactions in the book by this point. Maybe at 50% into the book I would have bought it, but not this early on.
Overall, I wanted to enjoy myself because this seemed like it'd be right up my alley, but it fell short for me.
Thank you NetGalley for a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review.