3.5 ⭐️ rounded to 4⭐️

I found this to be a really interesting piece of historical fiction about the Bosnian War, which I do not know much about besides what I remember as a young child hearing about it on the news in the 90s. There was almost a dreamlike quality to this book, with the horrors and atrocities of the war side by side with Zora’s love of painting and deep care for the people around here. While there was some occasional beautiful imagery (the snow, for example), I didn’t get a strong sense of place or a deep understanding of the characters. The story idea was beautiful, it just wasn’t filled in with sufficient detail — and then it all wrapped up with so many unanswered questions.