This was a very intriguing read. The cover immediately drew me to it - it appeared so mysterious. I always like a book with several narrations and this was just that book. It followed three timelines and several POVs. The writer created a suspenseful atmosphere and enough mystery to keep me glued.

Interesting premise, but I really struggled to connect with the writing style and so it took me a long time to get into this book, and once I did it was still a bit of a struggle every time I picked it up. Lots of historical knowledge throughout which was interesting but unfortunately this book wasn’t for me.

Very well written, so my compliments to the translator. The main characters were very well drawn , as are the various historical eras, but I found the triple timeline a little confusing. A good historical read though.

<b>Note:</b> I received an advanced copy of this book from Hodder & Stoughton via NetGalley.

<b>3.5 Stars</b>

1940. When a French family is forced to house a German soldier in their spare room, young Noemie finds herself drawn to the enemy living under the family roof. A forbidden romance unfolds with life-changing consequences.

1946. In the aftermath of the war, a little girl is found sitting on a bench with no memory of who she is - not even her own name. Justin, a young gendarme, takes her under his wing. He is desperate to unravel the mystery surrounding her sudden appearance.

For me, I liked the mystery of the story and the suspense of what the little girl was running from and what was so terrible that she couldn't remember. The beginning story was a little less interesting, I was not a big fan of Noemie's.

The Girl With No Name is a mystery about a ten year old girl called Solveig. Except she can’t remember who she is, Switching between three timelines and several narrators, we follow the journey to discover what left Solveig with amnesia and what the mystery does to her family. At first I struggled knowing where I was so had to concentrate on the chapter headings to remember what time we were in. I think that’s common in books of this sort and the reader just has to go along with the ride. The story unfolds slowly and the reveals were drip-fed to me, keeping me involved and ready for the next clue. It is a complex story and after the slow start I did become engrossed in what happened. I had empathy for Solveig and thought it was sad when we realise this could all have turned out differently. That poignant feeling of ‘if only’ really stayed with me.

Dual timelines, multiple POV's, a mysterious child that is found wondering in a town with apparent amnesia and a Frech household who is required to host a German officer in their home.

The Girl with No Name is a story in which you will need to concentrate on whose storyline is in focus at the moment. As I read this story in between doing other things (like life), I found it difficult to keep my head in the game, so to speak, and always had to stop and think about where I was last and what was happening.

This is my first WW2 HF where a German Officer was to live with a French family instead of take over and occupy a household. That was an interesting take.

The story was very slow. Not my favorite HF read but for those that enjoy this genre, it is worth the read.

I had a really hard time putting my Kindle down to do my Adult responsibilities.
This book is perfection.
I loved the emotions this book puts the reader through. Stunning absolutely stunning!

What caught my attention to this book was the title and the premise of the story sounds like something right up my alley. I did enjoy this but I also felt that something was missing from the story.

This story switches between the past and present, and also follows three narratives. The plot centers around a young girl, post WWII, who appears in a French village looking haggard and lost. She had no idea who she is and where she came from. She only knew she was running for her life through the woods. A police officer who was working on her case slowly helped her retrace her steps. Through the past timeline, we learn about a French family in 1940s, the Lenoirs, who were forced to house a German soldier in their home but what unfolds was beyond their expectations which changed their lives forever. How is this family related to the little girl? What happened to this family?

The story started off quite slow for me. It took me a while to get into the story but the plot is an interesting one. I haven’t read anything like this before but I wished it was developed more. I also didn’t feel that there was much development for any of the characters but I did enjoy reading about how France was occupied in WWII and how the Resistance secretly operated. I really felt for the characters who lived in fear but yet want to do something for their country. This definitely supported the plot well however, I was quite disappointed with how abrupt the story ended. Despite what everyone went through, and for them to end up the way they did was really quite underwhelming for me.

Thank you Netgalley and Hodder & Stoughton for the arc.

An interesting book set at the end of WW2 when a young girl is found in a French village, but she does not know her name or how she arrived. A young police man is concerned about how she came and why no one has reported her missing. her story then goes back to show what happened to her and her family. Enjoyed this story and had to keep reading to find out what had happened.

This started out with so much promise: engaging prose, a fresh plot, and a multi-perspective narrative. I was very excited to learn how a little girl with no memory appeared in a town square in post-WWII France and loved the idea of the details slowly unraveling from multiple view-points.
After the first 30% or so, the book ran off the rails and lost its focus. The characters and the plot became more unbelievable, and new storylines appeared haphazardly.

The beginning bones of this book would have benefited immensely from some editing.

A good storyline and interesting having the two timelines so close together. It is told by several different points of view which did make it jump around a bit and I found it a bit slow to start and long drawn out, the story made it worth persevering with though

Thank you for NetGallery for providing me with this arc for review.

So whilst this book is a little slow unveiling the stories of the characters, it's definitely worth persevering, as by the end of the book I was heavily invested and didn't want it to end.

This one started off INCREDIBLY slow for me. It took a while before I was hooked on the story. In "Girl With No Name" we start out with just that-- a girl who has been in an accident and has no memory of who she is or where she is from. This is happening right at the end of WW2, but we get flashes back to the start of the war, when the Lenoir family home is occupied by a German soldier. We are told the story of who the girl is through her eyes, members of the Lenoir family and staff, the German soldier, and the police officer who is determined to find out who the girl is. Sound confusing? That's because it was hard to follow with the POV changing every chapter. I get why the author did it that way, and I think that while it was interesting to get into the heads of a few different characters, it was just too much. The romance also didn't end the way I would have wanted it to, but that doesn't take away from my opinion of the book. I think that all in all it was a brilliant story.

Written in several viewpoints, this historical novel hops from one charter to another quite frequently. The story of a young girl finding her way through the woods to a small French town after WWII is believable. Not knowing her name of details about her journey added the element of mystery. Justin is an admirable character who went the extra mile. Maybe something was lost in translation but the story did not flow well for me.

This was really not for me. The writing killed it dead instantly. It was just too blah blah, droning on and on without getting anywhere. Too many descriptions of nothing in particular, too many words describing very little, no 'action' and next to no dialogue. I found myself skipping entire pages, reading only a couple of words, and I was still able to follow along. That to me is just too many unnecessary words.

I was not part of occupied France in World War II. Nevertheless, I felt like I was surrounded by the light, the smells and the sounds of the era. The author did a superb job of putting up the wallpaper to support the plot. The plot centers on a young girl who appears in a French village with no idea of her name or how she arrived, beyond running through a wood. A police officer is tasked with discovering her name and her story. We discover it along with them, though we glimpse parts of the picture before it all emerges.
The author makes abrupt changes in time and view with each chapter but the titles help keep it straight. The characters are largely sympathetic and believable, with a few stereotypical cutouts.
The ending left me disappointed, not in the facts of it but its abruptness. I felt that the author wanted to wrap it up and do it quickly. Maybe the richness of the earlier threads just made the end taste thin by comparison. Maybe I was just not ready to say goodbye to these characters. That said, I heartily recommend the book and will look for future titles.

The plot and storyline to this book were interesting, however the style of writing did not reflect the era in which it was set. It disrupted the flow of the story and did not do it justice.

The novel about the war, a girl who falls in love with a German soldier sounded really good and it was for the most part. However, this read very stilted and over simplistic. I had to go back a few pages when I read the two had got together. Had I missed the build up? It was all a bit quick and simple and it wasn't the war which I realise made people do things they normally would not. It read a bit YA to be honest and although I did enjoy it, I couldn't feel close to it or feel I could feel empathy or sympathy with anyone.

I really enjoyed this historical read. It was an interesting story and I loved that it had a dual timeline with several characters point of view told throughout the book. I loved the idea behind the story and it was gripping, I read it really quickly

This story has two timelines, one is set in the years directly after WWII is over the second is told during the war. It is told in several different POVs.
The first, during the war, we meet Dr. Armand Lenoir and his wife Noemie, who are forced to house a German soldier Sergeant Kohler, much to their dismay. With her husband spending long hours at the hospital, Noemie eventually lets her guard down and begins to talk to the soldier, getting to know him and getting closer than she should. In the time directly after the war a little girl is found sitting alone on a city bench, she is filthy and scratched and bruised. Two matrons notice her and approach trying to help the little girl. They discover that she does not remember her name, nor does she know where her family is or how she got to the town. All she can tell them was that she was running in the forest and fell down into a hole. The matrons take her to the local police station where she is placed under the care of the youngest officer, Justin. It is now Justin's responsibility to find out the girl's name and where she came from.
The storyline here is very intriguing, you have the couple forced into housing a Nazi when they really want to work in the resistance, the wife seeming to get a little too close to the Nazi. A girl with no name and no past and a ton of questions to be answered. Great plot and it is a good story, what I have issue with is the style in which it is wrote. The writing is extremely simplistic and the dialogue does not fit time and place through most of the book. The dialogue and descriptions are too modern to be believed for the setting which they are supposed to be in and often stilted and awkward. To me this is a real issue and it detracted much from what could have been an excellent novel. I must give 3 stars, not a totally bad experience, but one that could be improved upon.