I'm 99% sure I'm rereading this at some point in the near future because I genuinely have no clue what happened for the majority of the book. I was just so disengaged and out of it. This was either because of a) the writing just wasn't captivating enough and what was happening was boring & mundane, or b) annotating took me out of the book, which happens to me every now and again when I annotate. Very confused on that. Also, the writing wasn't bad per se, but it had no unique charm to it. Bland is the best way to put it. It could've been any other author's writing and I wouldn't be able to tell. Just felt the need to point that out since I tend to enjoy and rate books higher if the writing is either amazing or unique.

Moving on, other than the middle 250 pages of the book, it wasn't all that bad. I was curious in the beginning with questions being brought to the surface and sub-plots being introduced. My curiosity soon vanished into thin air for a good chunk of the plot, but you already knew that. I'd say the last 80 pages is where it caught my interest again. More was happening, questions were being answered and sub-plots were being wrapped up. It was done smoothly and well. Although I predicted everything, it didn't hinder my enjoyment, and I was generally satisfied. 

So I'm a bit torn. I did like this in many aspects but I also didn't like this in many aspects. I'll give it another chance and reread sometime next year to see if it was just my personal experience with it or if the story is just bad.

I would however recommend this to anyone who prefers YA/middle grade books and is interested in the French resistance during WWII. I think it was so intriguing reading about such an important and critical historical topic, even if it was just basic knowledge of it.