I finished The Dynamite Room by Jason Hewitt a few days ago. This is a WWII story which is usually one of my favorite historical fiction topics to read. This book sounded very interesting, but unfortunately I really didn't enjoy it that much. It was very slow to read and I felt the way the story was told was very confusing.
It was the story of a girl named Lydia running away from a boarding house back to her childhood home during the war. She finds the house empty and wonders where her mother is. In the night, a German soldier comes to the house. He is torn between killing her and letting her live. He lets her live, but tells her she must follow all his rules.
They wait for the rest of the Germans to come and face other hardships along the way. In the end we are supposed to feel connected to their relationship, but I was just really confused by all the information given in the flashbacks. The ending seemed very rushed too.
Currently Reading: The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
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