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The Zookeeper's War (2007)

by Steven Conte(Favorite Author)

3.04 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

073228516X (ISBN13: 9780732285166)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Fourth Estate

review 1: This book was really disappointing. I had to force myself to finish it and then was annoyed that I had because the ending was horrid. The characters are poorly formed;there's no contininuity in their thoughts and behaviours. I felt no empathy at all for the protagonist. I'm glad I just borrowed it from the library and didn't actually waste money buying it. This probably sounds like a harsh review - but this could have been an interesting story, because the scenario was promising, but the story the author composed in this setting was weak and poorly told.
review 2: I did find the ending of this novel confronting - probably because the character of the husband was really empathetic. The wife, on the other hand, while I was intrigued by her at times, just irritat... moreed me most of the time. Some of the details of Berlin at war's end were well researched - it is impossible to see how the city survived at all, given the deprivations that the citizens (as well as the invading armies) suffered. The minor characters seemed to have been written to espouse a variety of public opinions on the Nazi regime, and to provide some elements of conflict - not a problem except that it seemed an obvious device. All in all, this novel was a good holiday read. less

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