I liked the story line revolving around Czechoslovakia and the gypsies but the writing was not great, clunky and disjointed, with the dialogue being completely unnatural. Jana came across as obnoxious and childish and the relationship between Jana and Otto was also super weird and forced.

While there was constant changing of character focus and perspectives without any clear break that at times made it feel all over the place, I liked the overlap of events and circumstances. It was really clever how pieces in one perspective would bleed into another. I have not heard much on the invasion and occupation into Czechoslovakia, so I enjoyed learning about it.

The ending, however, was bizarre and an awful way to wrap up the book. It felt like the last few chapters just got lopped off. I might have given it 2.5-3 stars if not for that.

Thanks to Netgalley for the advanced copy of this book. All opinions are mine.