Having read the first impression I came away not knowing anything about Misha, who appears to be the central character of the book. We see his desolation at returning to Warsaw with the Russian Army for it's liberation from the Nazi stranglehold. Then we jump back three years to see him attending a lecture by Korczak and falling in love with a girl he hasn't even spoken to.
You would expect to be able to form an idea of the person from this. Sadly the telling is dry and the attempts at drawing empathy from the reader by detailing Misha's emotions just simply didn't connect with this reader. Too much hyperbole around his thoughts that don't connect with the feeling engendering the thoughts.
Amongst the plethora of books currently being released dealing with the second World War and the treatment of the Jewish populace of many countries this one falls very flat. Amongst the horror there was hope and other books I have read have this feeling from the start. I found this one to be thoroughly depressing thus far.
You would expect to be able to form an idea of the person from this. Sadly the telling is dry and the attempts at drawing empathy from the reader by detailing Misha's emotions just simply didn't connect with this reader. Too much hyperbole around his thoughts that don't connect with the feeling engendering the thoughts.
Amongst the plethora of books currently being released dealing with the second World War and the treatment of the Jewish populace of many countries this one falls very flat. Amongst the horror there was hope and other books I have read have this feeling from the start. I found this one to be thoroughly depressing thus far.