The Storyteller is a long book, and it felt long. I struggled through some of it. Part of the problem is that it was actually three stories in one. It starts out telling you about Sage, the main character, and her insecurities over her scarred face and the guilt that eats her up over the death of her mother. Then you find out this man in her neighborhood wants her to kill him, and then you find out why. 
 In addition to the first story, tales from the Holocaust are recounted in detail by her grandmother, Minka and one of the Nazi guards. This was my favorite part of the novel and could have been a book by itself. The detail was exceptional and painful to read, as I lived through the horror of what happened to the Jews. 
 Even reading about how some of the Nazi guards went along with the atrocities, despite their own reservations, was interesting and caused me to feel a complexity of emotions I didn't imagine to ever feel. Which was what Ms. Piccoult was going for, as this book was about forgiveness and the point that not everything is black and white, as we would like to think. There are definitely shades of gray. 
 The third story was a made up story told by Minka. Sort of a fairytale that paralleled her real life, with a couple of blood-sucking monsters that were symbolic of a couple of monstrous Nazis. Frankly, this part of the story could have been left out. When the story was first introduced, I had no idea what it was about or why it was included, and I was about half-way through the book before I recognized its purpose. 
 While Minka was retelling her story about the concentration camp, she referenced how the fairytale "saved" her and her fellow prisoners, and that was really sufficient. I felt the pages and pages dedicated to recounting the tale could have been left out because it didn't add anything to the overall plot and bogged down the novel. I skipped quite a few of those passages. 
 The twist at the end was perfect and I even appreciated the romance between Sage and the government Nazi hunter, Leo. 
 Overall, a decent read.