A bit lackluster

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I have enjoyed other historical fiction novels like Cilka's Journey and I was hoping that the German House would be just as good. I was sadly disappointed. This book deals mostly with Eva, a young woman who ends up being a translator for the prosecution at the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials of 1963. That part was pretty interesting with the witness testimonies and such but the book also dealt with Eva's fiance and the rest of her family too. It got all complicated and the ending was weird.

I think I mostly did not like this book because I was not able to care about any of the characters. And I was shocked by some of their actions and decisions. They kind of drew me away from what the story was supposedly about, the trials. I think I would have liked it better if the book had focused more on that and less on the other stuff.