A review by mmmbakes
The Last Train to London, by Meg Waite Clayton
1.0
DNF at 155 pages.
I'm convinced that books about Nazis are given high ratings because people feel bad giving a low score to a book that explores the tragedies of the Holocaust. A book can have a good story without being a good book, however.
(not that I actually know the story of this book, since I gave up 1/4 through.)
Didn't love the short chapters. Didn't love that Zofie-Helene said stuff like, "One is always greater than zero, even if zero is more mathematically interesting". Is this how 15 year olds spoke back in the day? Why do math characters always have to talk like losers?
But probably my biggest complain, similar to the above quotation, is the sentences that ended "chapters", that seemed like they were supposed to be profound but really were not. And half the time I couldn't understand what they were trying to get at, which I don't think is because I was being dumb, but rather because it was all just so confusing! Like at the part where.
Anyway I'm sure Truus has a great story but this book does not seem to do it justice.
Not for me.
I'm convinced that books about Nazis are given high ratings because people feel bad giving a low score to a book that explores the tragedies of the Holocaust. A book can have a good story without being a good book, however.
(not that I actually know the story of this book, since I gave up 1/4 through.)
Didn't love the short chapters. Didn't love that Zofie-Helene said stuff like, "One is always greater than zero, even if zero is more mathematically interesting". Is this how 15 year olds spoke back in the day? Why do math characters always have to talk like losers?
But probably my biggest complain, similar to the above quotation, is the sentences that ended "chapters", that seemed like they were supposed to be profound but really were not. And half the time I couldn't understand what they were trying to get at, which I don't think is because I was being dumb, but rather because it was all just so confusing! Like at the part where
Spoiler
Adele's crib is moved, and then Truus feels relief that it's not Adele and goes o no a toddler died, was is Madeline? But then two pages later Adele died too but i DID NOT UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN IT HAPPENEDAnyway I'm sure Truus has a great story but this book does not seem to do it justice.
Not for me.