Jews, The Third Reich and A Web of Secrets book #3
“A Web of Secrets” brings to a close a heart wrenching and moving historical WW2 fiction trilogy. The stories in each installment revolve around two sisters: Kara and Anka and in each episode we discover more details how the war affected their lives. It is always preferable to read books in sequence and I strongly suggest you do this.
In the 3rd story we go back in time when Oskar was a young boy growing up in Germany being indoctrinated into a system he was forced to be part of. Then we move to the war and Oskar takes center stage while Kara, his loving wife, is still ignorant that her beloved Oskar is the sadistic commandant in Auschwitz and to everyone who he takes a dislike to. More killing and more surprises awaits us in this terrible family saga.
Will she see the true him? What about Abram the father of her son will he survive the horror of the camp? How about Anka where will her life lead? All this is answered through the vivid lines Ms. Kagan expertly penned for our enjoyment in the final book. It is a page-tuner, no doubts.
Once I opened this book I didn’t want to put it down although at midway I asked myself seems I read this before why rehashing the past stories, then it came clear that the repetitions were warranted in order for those who haven’t read the previous books get up to speed, although I find this to be a bit of an irritant. That aside, the story is action packed, emotional and filled with naïve love. I like the characters even the evil Oskar , all were well- drawn so much so that I wanted many times to slap Kara for her to acknowledge how manipulative her killer of a husband was. But eventually Oskar secrets caught up to him and his careful crafted life crumbled around him.....and awe what an ending....
I hate to see this series end but it was a good journey reading it. Thank you, Ms. Kagan for providing hours of enjoyment to your reader.
I received this book from The Book Whisperer via Netgalley for my thoughts.
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