A review by renbooks
The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel

2.0

While I found the story interesting, I really, really, really, really hated the way the author writes dialogue to the point that it was very detrimental to the enjoyment of the book. In real life, people don't use each other's names every sentence that they speak to each other. In dialogues between Eva and the priest, he literally used her name 75% of every time he spoke (and it happened with every other character way too much as well). I listened to the audiobook and it was VERY apparent and annoying. An editor could have fixed this but for some reason chose not to? Seemed like the author was just very enamored with the character names she chose.

Eva: "Father, blah blah blah"
Priest: "But EVA, blah blah blah"
Eva: "But Father, blah blah blah"
Priest: "Eva, blah blah blah blah. Blah blah blah blah, Eva!!"
Eva: "Blah blah blah"
Priest: "Yes Eva, but blah blah blah"

And so on for a whole conversation. I also didn't think the love story added anything to this book, and the ending was predictable and unrealistic. If you really like WW2 fics, you will probably enjoy this one, but I wouldn't really recommend it.