A harrowing and compelling plot although I am not that fond with its storytelling (third-person point of view and too straightforward for me) but I still love that it digs into the notorious German death camp, telling a story of hope and survival, love and friendship, also on trust and courage.

Fast-paced with great characterization, short sentences which kind of a ticket to fast read this (but still I am a procrastinator reader tskk), the love story was lovely and as it was a fiction based on a true story of Lale Sokolov, I appreciate it when the author includes the additional section at the back on Lale's biographical info, extract on journals and documents at the concentration camp, the camp's structural map and Lale and Gita's photos.

A heart-wrenching tale, that glimpse of starvation, threats, all those violence and cruelty were depicted fairly well and riveting. A tragic life of Lale, quite exceptional and it leaves me with memorable fragment at the end.