I don't like this as much as everyone else seems to. The subject matter was interesting, but beyond that, I didn't get much out of this. I found myself wishing this was just a nonfiction account of Lale Sokolov instead of a novel. It was so heavily based on his real life, I don't understand the choice to turn this into fiction. The present tense narration also didn't work for me. It wound up making the storytelling feel stilted.

Overall it was fine, but I was relieved it was such a short book.