A review by patchworkbunny
The Warsaw Anagrams by Richard Zimler

3.0

Dr Erik Cohen returns to the Warsaw ghetto at the start of this book and relays his story to a stranger who transcribes it. As he's supposedly telling this to someone familiar with life in the ghetto, the text doesn't include much description on the environment. Whilst it makes sense it doesn't add to the book and I found it hard to picture the streets in which they lived so closely. It does however convey a sense of desperation and, above all, a lack of something we all take for granted, nourishing food.

I got the feeling that the main character had given up on life and it seemed odd to me that he would put so much effort into investigating the death of a child. Something that in their situation would be sadly common. The books looks like it's being marketed as a thriller but it's more slow paced and introspective. I would recommend more to those with an interest in life in Poland during WW2.