Fast paced, unsettling and with a fabulous ending" "stasi child" has the pace of a premier division thriller and the finale is a rip-roaring series of unexpected twists. The end is not necessarily happy (be prepared) and is rather an invitation to the...  Read More

The plot is intricate but well rendered so that even the many unfamiliar names, places and references do not detract from its enjoy-ability. The characters are imperfect, with greatness and weaknesses and it is easy to empathize with them. It's a comp...  Read More

The book's cover image aptly captures the feel, horror and the stale smell of death through its arresting image. Right from the very first page, when the author gradually began delving about the character's lives and backgrounds alongside with the * i...  Read More

Stasi child transports the reader back to the 1970s, when berlin was divided by the wall. The author captures the divided fascist and anti fascist politics with extreme vividness. I myself was born and raised in east berlin and the mention of the stas...  Read More

Jo mcmillan’s ‘motherland’ is an excellent thriller, well researched. The writer captures the dark greyness of east germany during the cold war. The story moves to a jugendwerkhof (literally ‘reformatory’) on the baltic sea coast of northern germany. ...  Read More

The plot breaks down toward the end and becomes highly unlikely.