Review - The Berlin Girl by Mandy Robotham

 

The Berlin Girl

By Mandy Robotham

 

Berlin, 1938: It’s the height of summer, and Germany is on the brink of war. When fledgling reporter Georgie Young is posted to Berlin, alongside fellow Londoner Max Spender, she knows they are entering the eye of the storm.

Arriving to a city swathed in red flags and crawling with Nazis, Georgie feels helpless, witnessing innocent people being torn from their homes. As tensions rise, she realises she and Max have to act – even if it means putting their lives on the line.

But when she digs deeper, Georgie begins to uncover the unspeakable truth about Hitler’s Germany – and the pair are pulled into a world darker than she could ever have imagined…

 

Review

Since reading The Secrets of Saffron Hall I have decided to explore other eras in historical fiction. I have never read a book set in World War 2 and, I am ashamed to admit, that I only have a very rudimentary understanding of the events that happened, so, yes, I did feel a little out of my depth when I stared to read this novel. But the author has done such an amazing job of bringing this era to life that my concerns that I would not understand the story because of its setting vanished.

This novel was deeply moving, and I did shed a few tears while reading it. It is certainly work checking out.