emswantree's reviews
1283 reviews

This book was a quick read and really a fun thriller.  Now yes, there was a lot of coincidence that was a stretch but honestly I enjoyed it enough to overlook it. 

This book was pretty poorly written and gave no new information. That said it is an incredibly sad story and do wish her parents could have find out what happened so they could have some peace. 

I think what this memoir does well is really look at what happens to us when we are imprisoned and starving and constantly tortured.  It also explains a lot of the inner workings of the psychology behind how the camps worked from the SS to the prisoners who were forced to be in charge. It is harrowing and bleak.  

This book personally resonated with my childhood.  It was really well done and the end was encouraging. 

I wish I could split this book in half. The first half was really interesting to me and I couldn’t figure out where it was going.  The second half could have used some editing and was too unbelievable. Brianna choices just got more and more ridiculous. I had started the book liking her but ended up disliking her.  There was a lot of repetition in this book - how many times was Brianna starving or tired or running? We get it I promise. I appreciate the examination of racism and social media influences this book addressed but both of these issues were repeated over and over as a reader it felt like the author had a very low opinion of her readership.