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Mar 09, 2016wyenotgo rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
Definitely not my cup of tea. Very bleak, dystopian, with no let-up as its dreary and hopeless narrative plays out. For these three main characters (as it is for Estonia itself) there is no way out. Any action a person could take to avoid being arrested, deported, tortured, murdered, whatever by the German invaders is sure to be seen later as collaboration by the Russians when they in turn take over. Only the craftiest and most unprincipled scoundrel (in this case the despicable Edgar) will survive and prosper under both regimes. It's a world so corrupt that one can only hope for some third party to descend upon it and destroy them all, the innocent (who cannot be saved anyway) along with the guilty (who should not be allowed to continue calling themselves human). There are indications here of a talented writer. It's too bad that her grief over the tragic fate of her tiny, defenceless homeland has so darkened her outlook and caused her to deliver this angry book that reads very much like a confusing, tortured nightmare.