I received a free copy of this book from Readers First in exchange for an honest review. I read this book fairly quickly, as although it is 20o plus pages it has a fairly easy writing style. With that being said it is also a translation and some parts of this were hard to engage with and this frustrated me slightly. This is very different to other books I have read about events in World War 2 and I found it very thought-provoking, moving but also quite depressing which left me overall with bitter-sweet feelings towards the book. I felt more drawn to Stella (aka Kristin) than I did any of the other characters, including the narrator, Friedrich. He seemed so bland and pale in comparison to her and it felt almost fitting that he was the one to almost fade out at the end. I liked the fact that between the main elements of the story there are almost date-stamped factoids, allowing the reader to get a clearer portrait of what was going on internationally at the time. There are also witness statements from the real-life trial of Stella but these, although relevant to the text and interesting in themselves, I found detracted from the rest of the book and were more of a disruption to the flow rather than a fully incorporated element. At times, it also felt like there were gaps being left out which stalled the book for me which was a shame for me as when I found out that Stella was a real person I really wanted to get into the book and absorb her. This being said her story will undoubtedly continue to haunt me and I still think it was a worthwhile and interesting read.