I felt no empathy at all for the protagonist. The characters are poorly formed there's no contininuity in their thoughts and behaviours. I had to force myself to finish it and then was annoyed that I had because the ending was horrid. This probably sounds like a harsh review - but this could have been an interesting story, because the scenario was promising, but the story t This book was really disappointing. I'm glad I just borrowed it from the library and didn't actually waste money buying it. It confronts not only the brutality of war but the possibility of heroism − and delivers an ending that is both shocking and deeply moving.more The Zookeeper′s War is a powerful novel of a marriage‚ and of a city collapsing. As tensions mount in the closing days of the war‚ nothing‚ and no one‚ it seems‚ can be trusted. This is a city where a foreign accent is a constant source of suspicion‚ where busybodies report the names of neighbours′ dinner guests to the Gestapo. At first‚ Vera finds the idea abhorrent‚ but gradually she realises that the new workers are the zoo′s only hope‚ and forms an unlikely bond with one of them. When the zoo′s staff is drafted into the army‚ forced labourers are sent in as replacements.
Together‚ they struggle to look after the animals through the air raids and food shortages. It is 1943 and each night in a bomb shelter beneath the Berlin Zoo an Australian woman‚ Vera‚ shelters with her German husband‚ Axel‚ the zoo′s director. When the zoo′s staff is drafted into the army‚ forced labourers are A story of passion and sacrifice in a city battered by war. A story of passion and sacrifice in a city battered by war.
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