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A review by wherethewildreadsare
The Sunflower House by Adriana Allegri
challenging
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
After completely bawling my eyes out, I am now going to attempt to write this review. While at first I feared this was going to be a type of Nazi sympathizer book, I found myself mistaken. I’ve read many WWII historical fictions, which typically center around the Holocaust. This was in fact, not that. It was a different perspective of a German family, with Jewish heritage, trying to hide in plain sight and survive. While it’s easy to look at the eyes of this from 90 years later, living in that moment had to have been challenging. It made me wonder what I would do in a situation like that. I suppose I’ll find out in the next few years to see how the cards fall for America’s democracy…
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Rape, Violence, Xenophobia, and War