A plane crash. A small village in Belgium. Lots of brave people. Some traitors to thwart their plans.
The low points: I kinda tuned out in the first 30 pages. I guess the discussions about planes and what the pilot and his crew were feeling didn’t quite interest me.
What made me continue reading? Things start to get interesting after the plane crash. Will the boy really save the pilot? How about the others? What happened to them? Did Nazis even have a presence in small villages in Belgium at that time?
The best bits: Forbidden love. Nothing like it to make you continue reading. Up to you to find out to which characters it happens to and why it’s a queasy kind of love, the type that feels right but would still make you squirm at your seat.
What impressed me most? The bravery of the people, as described in the book, at a very dark period of their history. There’s a lot of death and treachery in the book – this is after all, set in World War II. There are some Jewish characters but the main focus of the book are the brave Belgian Resistance fighters of this tiny village. Bravo!!
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