I didn't like the beginning much. It was very hard to follow and all over the place. The names of the 50 different girls throughout the book are hard to follow too. Hard to follow aside, it is a very eye opening book about the Holocaust. I knew the people there suffered, but I didn't know what the Jews were told at first to get them to come or all the specific horrors or work details people went through. This is a heavy read, as you might expect. I'm going to have to read something fun and lighthearted after this one.