Review: Worth Reading- I rarely give 5 stars
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 25, 2014
As an English person we have always accused the Americans of not understanding other cultures.  In this instance I do think the author is also lacking knowledge regarding the views of the Catholic Church.  I'm going to add here that I am not a Catholic but I know very well that the Church certainly doesn't  downsize the number of Jews that lost their lives in concentration camps all over Europe.  I did consider that the Jewish Brother was shown in a more favourable light and certainly we had far fuller characterisation which seemed a pity.SPOILER ALERT  I have actually visited Israel on a number of occassions as have friends in Jerusalem and I was surprised to hear that even a Rabbi would denounce his own Daughter as I know the family is so important.  This seemed odd especially as he welcomed his Brother with such enthusiasm. The story line was  good although I wasn't surprised at the conclusion.  The part that I didn't like was the switching between Helena and Eva which I didn't think was necessary and too far fetched.  I thought it took away the drama from the story, othewise I would have given it four stars.  I may well read another book by this author.