DNF
I could not get any farther in than about 23%—for me the writing was stilted, the time line seemed jumpy and the plot was so obscure it didn’t keep my interest. Someone else might like this but I just couldn’t summon any enthusiasm for it.
Thanks to #netgalley for the opportunity to try this book. All opinions are my own.

The book begins with Freddy living in Detroit and the hardships he faced by American hatred toward Germans. His family returns to Germany and he has a new set of hardships. His story continues through the rise of Hitler and WW2.
It was interesting to read the journey for someone German who did not agree with Hitler's views and was not Jewish. Most books I have read that did not fall for the antisemitism propaganda were Jewish or another persecuted group. I have tried to express to my students that not everyone fell for the propaganda or ignored what was happening around them. I am glad there is a book that will give them a different view.
I was given the opportunity to read this book by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

The story in itself was very good. I just found reading from chapter to chapter the story becoming rambling and character development was non-'existent. The same with the ending. There was no structure just rambling which made it difficult to follow the story and the characters.

This was an interesting historical perspective. The beginning of the novel was definitely childlike in its movement and dialogue which boded well with the age of the character but the rest of the novel was dialogue heavy as well. I overall enjoyed the history and the story.

At first I was attracted to the book because of the title and the cover.
A brief discription of it was not enough to describe a story of war, love and peace.
A story that begins with a perfect loving family, begins with love and peace and ends with war trauma and the feeling of loss.
Acceptance is what I feel it was written for, acceptance of conditions, of others like Jews, of evil like Hitler.

I highly recommend it as historic entertaining story that reveals one of the the darkest sides Germany's history.

Great fun and really interesting and of course pretty engaging. I love historical books, history is something I’ve always actively participated in both as a subject and my love for it within books. I had great fun!