A review by sheilabookworm3369
The Women of the Castle by Jessica Shattuck

4.0

There were a couple times I worried this story would go on forever, but I'm so glad I ignored those brief concerns, because this is a really good book. It's told from the perspective of three German women that witness (and in one case, rebel against) the uprising of the Nazi army & it's subsequent downfall. Besides the stories of these characters, the stuff going on in the background struck me as very interesting; how the people had to deal with and overcome a communal shame for the crimes their country committed, whether the characters participated or not. It's a perspective I hadn't given much thought to prior to The Women in the Castle.