This book was a bit slow for me. It was still good and I was able to read through it, but it had lots of pills and parts that just didn’t get me excited to read on. I think the writing was decent, the characters were okay, but it was just ok not that great for me

Thank you to NetGalley, the author, and the publisher for this complimentary ARC in exchange for an honest review!!

Beginning in 1966 and spanning the next ten years, this story follows Robert Simon as he opens a cafe in post war Vienna. A character in the story as much as a setting, Vienna shifts and evolves as it modernizes. Against this backdrop, The Cafe With No Name provides a haven for those who the city threatens to leave behind.

While a quieter story with a slower pace than I initially expected, several of the characters stayed with me long after the book ended.

Thank you to NetGalley and to the publisher for an advanced copy of this book.

I come neither to praise this book or bury it. It's okay.
It's a nicely written story set in a down at heel part of Vienna. The fact that the author kept causing bad things to happen to all the central characters left me feeling bereft and sad. I imagine the story is realistic, but I look to stories for escape from how depressing life can be!