NO SHELF CONTROL

Title: The Silent Child

Author: J.G. Kelly

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Publication Date: July, 2023

Genre: Historical Fiction

My Rating: ★★★★☆

This is very different to my usual style of book and pushed me well out of my comfort zone.
It was a long read for me and I spent a lot of time looking up unfamiliar words. I didn’t do history at school, so I used this as an opportunity to learn about the war terminology and found it very interesting.
How utterly devastating though, that this sort of thing happened so very recently in our history.

I thought this was very well written, I loved the story and the characters were believable and likeable, especially Hanna and her father.

I liked the multi point of view and the switching from present and past.
There were lots of twists and turns that I wasn’t expecting in this book and I found myself not being able to put down certain chapters.

This would make a great film!

Many thanks to NetGalley and Hodder & Stoughton for my copy.