Whoa. This may be the best book I've ever read. No. It IS the best book I've ever read. Perhaps not my favorite, but the best. I highly recommend the audiobook!
Kristen Hannah made me feel so many feels. I never thought it would be physically possible for me to cry over an anti-semetic, probably racist Nazi. Both main characters, Vianne and Isabelle, were strong and resiliant in their own ways, with layers of flaws and complexity. The side characters were flawed, too. No one was perfect. Every side character (perhaps with the exeption of Von Richter, who is straight-out evil) had their own struggle, and their own sides of good and bad, their own shades of grey. The world and its inhabitants are not black-and-white, after all.
It's been a long time since I've read a book like this. Which has got me thinking... maybe I should start reading more adult fiction.