This was another one of those "recommended for you" books from the library's list. Overall, it was "meh". The story was reasonable but not special. Style of writing fine. Characters pretty within the normal lines. Honestly, the only piece of this book that really stood out as special to me was the way the author rationalized the acceptance of the Nazis' atrocities by regular, non-jewish people. The author explicitly goes over some characters' excuses, which I thought were extremely well thought out.
"I'm just a poor average Joe. What can I do?"
"My father is trying to help as many people as he can, so he's had to sacrifice a few Jewish families to keep everyone else safe."
"It's not really that bad. Those people in camps aren't dying, they're just being kept safe and organized by the government."
"I am already doing all I can hiding two Jews in my business. There is nothing else I can do."
"My identity is being a German and Germans hate Jews. So that must be who I am."
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