So I haven’t read a WW2 book that I haven’t five stared. I gave Chilkas journey a five star because some things just irked me a little. I know this is fiction but based on a real person. But I mean how beautiful can someone really be? I mean let’s face it, her beauty is what saved her time after time, along with the fact that she just so happened to know five languages. But mainly because she was so beautiful. I’m some situations even beauty wouldn’t be enough. However, I did like the initial information in this story. I liked that each character aside from Chilka herself seemed flawed and very much human and broken, and miserable. I’m not saying chilka wasn’t like that but she seemed to have it easier in a way than anyone else in the story. But....it was still emtotional and hard to put down. And I think each book based on the holocaust deserves proper recognition. It’s not an easy subject to write or relive. **edit. After finding out that the only true thing about this book was Cilkas name...I kind of feel like “ I knew it!” This book should not be catorgorized as true. Ecspecially now that it has come out that the story was largely embellished. What a shame.