ansate reviewed Field of Gray by Philip Kerr
Review of 'Field of Gray' on Goodreads
3 stars
Good but not gripping. Interesting, but seldom clever or fun. (Not that it SHOULD be fun - 1931 - 1954 in Germany with a detour to a Russian prison camp is pretty much the epitome of not fun.)[return][return]The book is told primarily in flashbacks, or in first person past tense - Bernie's got a great voice so that's a plus, but the format takes a lot of the suspense out of it. His story changes as the book goes on, making you wonder how much of an unreliable narrator you're dealing with. [return][return]It's definitely interesting. They were interesting times, and the German perspective on them is not one we see a lot of. It just didn't feel like it held together as a single story for me. I'd still probably read another Bernie Gunther book.
