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A review by librarytech4
The Ringmaster's Daughter by Carly Schabowski
3.0
This historical fiction novel is based on the true story of a circus who hides Jews unsung their employees during the holocaust and World War II. The author specifically highlights the story of a couple meeting and falling in love while working together at the circus, one of them being the ringmaster’s daughter. The author tells their story about how they grew closer to each other was well as parts where they grew farther apart before growing closer. I did enjoy the ending where the couple ended up on a ship to America to freely live their lives, no longer worrying about Nazi persecution.
This book had a good story line but got slow at times and gave more detail than was needed, or helpful to the story. Overall it was a good book, but it probably could have been shorter. The chapters were also very long and hard to stay focused during the entire span of one since there were often no break points for 20-30 pages at a time.
This book had a good story line but got slow at times and gave more detail than was needed, or helpful to the story. Overall it was a good book, but it probably could have been shorter. The chapters were also very long and hard to stay focused during the entire span of one since there were often no break points for 20-30 pages at a time.