Let me try to explain why I didn't like this book very much. I believe one of the sales quotes on the back of the book can help me communicate why. Keep in mind that this is, at least in part, a book about French complicity in the Holocaust:"Sarah's Key unlocks the star-crossed, heart-thumping story...
Reporter Julia Jarmond is investigating the events of 1942, when French authorities rounded up the Jews of the cities and put them in concentration camps, an investigation that uncovers links to her husband's family. But how will her tale intersect with that of the title character, a 10 year old gi...
An American living in France investigates a small Jewish girl’s heartbreaking experience in the Velodrome d’Hiver roundup in 1940s Paris.Children. Barely two or three years old. Children who had died at the camp, in July and August 1942. Vel’d'Hiv’ children…I knew that I would no longer rest, no ...
I read this book a few years ago & I am only adding it now because Goodreads keeps suggesting it to me & I want it to stop. In the words of the immortal Men on Film...HATED IT!
Sorry dear author, but I got a bit bored and left the book in between and that was not because it wasn't good...it wasn't my type of book. I don't like historical fiction and I picked up this book without doing any background check.
Sarah's Key is a very sad tale, one I almost wanted to finish without the happy ending. This would have given the story a feeling of truth but the ending was just too good to be true. This however didn't ruin the enjoyment of this book, which shows how well de Rosnay can write a tale of historical f...
I had high hopes for Sarah's Key, and was eagerly anticipating reading this novel after hearing such rave reviews. However, these hopes were dashed once I actually started reading the book. Before delving into my reasons for rating the novel 3 stars, I would like to say how happy I am that De Rosnay...
3.5 starsNot a huge fan of this book. I thought the choice of words towards the beginning just sounded crude, and this comes from someone who says the F-word ALL the time. And throughout the book, I hardly felt for the MC. She wasn't very easy to relate to. She had a really good life (despite the ch...
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