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A review by hiltzmoore
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
4.0
Another well written historical fiction novel about WWII, and this one had a really interesting twist in having one of the main story lines told in first person perspective from a female Nazi doctor point of view. What a risk the author took here! I was fascinated by how the doctor was written with her own motivations and circumstances, while still not really garnering any sympathy from the reader. We always knew her to be the "bad guy" even as we were reading how she was manipulated by political circumstance.
I didn't really enjoy Caroline's story, as it seemed the "during the war" story was built simply to give her something to do until she became important, historically, after the war. After reading the author's notes, it seems she made up the majority of Caroline's story during the war and I felt that distracted from rather than helped the overall narrative.
It was good to read more about the rabbits at Ravensbruck. More people need to learn about this particular atrocity that took place during WWII.
I didn't really enjoy Caroline's story, as it seemed the "during the war" story was built simply to give her something to do until she became important, historically, after the war. After reading the author's notes, it seems she made up the majority of Caroline's story during the war and I felt that distracted from rather than helped the overall narrative.
It was good to read more about the rabbits at Ravensbruck. More people need to learn about this particular atrocity that took place during WWII.