Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy of “The Postcard” in exchange for an honest review. My opinion is just one person’s, so don’t let it dissuade you from reading the book. I think that if Mia, the 20-something protagonist would have been a few years younger this would have made a great YA book. For me, the mystery of “the postcard” was what intrigued me in the first place, that and the book was compared to the Alice Network. I anticipated a bit more of a mystery but this book was more focused on the relationships and people rather than what the actual mystery of the postcard was. The first 60-70% of the book felt like exposition and I felt myself hoping things would move along more quickly. It is definitely an important story and a topic worth telling. 5/5 stars for the concept. 2.5-3 stars for the execution.

The Postcard by Carly Schabowski

An emotional WW2 story which was about friendship, family and forgiveness.

The Postcard has a dual timeline, 1940s and present days.

In the present days, Mia arrived in Gorlitz in Germany which was connected by a bridge to the Polish border.. She went there urgently to visit her beloved grandma Ilse who was in hospital. Ilse asked for a man called Szymon which Mia had never heard of. Mia was confused and she decided to go back to Ilse's home to search for the answer. Mia then found a stack of postcards and see the name Szymon.

The story then followed along a lifelong hidden secret was going to reveal. This secret that grandma Ilse buried to protect her loved one, but this secret was finally revealed before it was too late.

The Postcard presented a different side of WW2 story. It was an emotional ,heartbreaking but also a heartwarming read. A various POVs provided a fuller perspectives from the characters which worked very well here. The characters were powerfully presented by the narrator.

Many thanks to Netgalley, Dreamscape Select and Carly Schabowski for this historical fiction which based on true story to review.