This book was just not great. There were so many things that I read and immediately thought to myself, "is that really historically accurate?" as far as speech. But moreover, the main character, Marta, was boring as can be. Also, her thought processes - especially for when she first met Paul - were extremely unbelievable to me. Who spends months in solitary confinement being starved and tortured, and then when she's rescued, the first thing she thinks about the person rescuing her is "dang, this guy's cute." Come on!

Plus, there was no relationship building aside from Dava and Rose. Everyone else was either 0 to 60 or were skipped over completely and then referenced later. I just found things so implausible, and even when things should have been interesting, Marta was so bland that it was ruined.

Lastly, to whoever made the cover for my version of the book - sure would have been nice if you could have read literally the first 3 pages where Marta says that she wears glasses. Why can't covers get simple things right??