A review by caitlyncloud
The Paris Secret by Natasha Lester
5.0
I didn’t love most of Kat’s parts. Her stuff really only became interesting towards the end when we start connecting the dots.
I’m so mad about how this ended though. Mad as in heartbroken for Skye and Nicholas. Why would Skye never question Liberty, all Liberty has proven is that she lashes out to hurt Skye on purpose. And yet Skye never is like hmm I wonder if she was telling the truth.
Also, the claiming-a-new-identity-after-the-war-and-never-speaking-about-the-war-ever-again thing has become a trope. Is that what all WWII fictions are? The 4 I’ve read have all been that way. Was that actually so common or was it rare but known to make a great story?
I did love how NL kept the historical accuracy. Maybe the characters weren’t the ones who did these things, but real people did them, real women did them. That makes this an amazing book. It’s upsetting to learn about the heinous things done after the war was over. The fact that the government just ignored concentration camps because it was too difficult to deal with the aftermath of freeing them?? How did any of them live with themselves? It makes them no better than hitler or any of the nazis.
Back to the book. The writing was great, it’s a long book but I was never really bored. While I didn’t care for Kat’s parts I also wasn’t bored with them. I just preferred Skye’s story.
I’m so mad about how this ended though. Mad as in heartbroken for Skye and Nicholas. Why would Skye never question Liberty, all Liberty has proven is that she lashes out to hurt Skye on purpose. And yet Skye never is like hmm I wonder if she was telling the truth.
Also, the claiming-a-new-identity-after-the-war-and-never-speaking-about-the-war-ever-again thing has become a trope. Is that what all WWII fictions are? The 4 I’ve read have all been that way. Was that actually so common or was it rare but known to make a great story?
I did love how NL kept the historical accuracy. Maybe the characters weren’t the ones who did these things, but real people did them, real women did them. That makes this an amazing book. It’s upsetting to learn about the heinous things done after the war was over. The fact that the government just ignored concentration camps because it was too difficult to deal with the aftermath of freeing them?? How did any of them live with themselves? It makes them no better than hitler or any of the nazis.
Back to the book. The writing was great, it’s a long book but I was never really bored. While I didn’t care for Kat’s parts I also wasn’t bored with them. I just preferred Skye’s story.