What were your feelings about the ending? (Spoiler alert)
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The end didn't surprise me because it is fiction and the author is able to have the story her way. It's a plausible as not getting back together. Remember these are the years of no internet. It really a miracle that anyone found each other. I was disappointed that the book itself and and it's long term effects were not discussed. After all that is the title.
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I like the ending. Much of the book was sad and difficult to take and having a happy ending was good. As others mentioned in this thread, it would have been interesting to have her meet up with a few of the children she saved. One of my favorite lines in the book was when Eva was talking to the Otto Kuhn and said: "I hoped that one day, when the war ended, I could help them to reclaim who they'd once been. But we aren't defined by the names we carry or the religion we practice, or the nation whose flag flies over our heads. I know that now. We're defined by who we are in our hearts, who we choose to be on this earth."
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I loved the ending. Was it realistic? Maybe. Maybe not. The book is fiction. There's enough predictability and sad endings in real life. Don't we read fiction to distract us from real life? The only criticism I have about the ending is it seemed too abrupt and almost like the author tried to tie up loose ends to complete the book.
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