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Such a painful book to read, god I hate what happened to Werner. A young brilliant boy full of curiosity, who wanted to explore and learn forced into a war. I wish he could have gotten a happy ending, I wish he and Marie could have been together but I think I understand why the author didn't go in that path.
Well atleast Marie got a happy ending (couldn't even find out what happened to her afther though) and I am glad Etienne got to live and travel before dying, overcoming his fear of the outside world.
The child Jutta was an interesting character, for some reason she saw right through it all, she understood the world even though she had been confided in a small town. She also becomes the voice of reason in Werner's head during his internal conflicts, and again I wish Werner could have met her sister one last time but alas, the world is not so merciful I guess.
Was confusing to read at first but I am glad I was patient and it was worth waiting for the story start making sense.