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The Circus Train by Amita Parikh
4.0
adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I had mixed feelings about this book while reading it. For the first half, part of me was enjoying it for the plot and the storytelling, but the other part was getting kind of annoyed with the characters. Both of those mixed together was making me wanting to either dnf it or keep reading and hope it got better. Part of the reason that I was feeling that way might have been the secret keeping/lack of communication between the main characters.

Once the characters separated and went their own ways, it got better. Though Lena was still kind of annoying and didn't seem like she changed much. Toward the end I did feel kind of bad for Lena's fiance and how he was treated. I am always down for historical fiction, and one thing that I liked about this story was that it gave a different perspective on a small part of what happened during WWII. Despite all of the annoyances that I had with the characters, I felt that the ending was still satisfying and wrapped everything up well.