First of all.. sometimes, I'm not sure of how many stars to give the book.. whether it should be 3, 4 or 5 but right now.. I'm thinking of contacting Goodreads to allow us to post 100 stars for books that knock your brains out! 
 Oh my God.. the tears I've shed in this book... the heartache that it caused me!! The sheer anticipation of turning each and every page, 'cause I tell you and I'm really honest here.. sometimes a page turning can make your heart soar to the highest sky then the next page breaks those wings and pulls you to the pits of hell! 
 This took me around 3 days to finish it.. but seriously.. I don't think I've ever read a more heart-wrenching events than what happened here.. especially since most of it actually happened during the war.. on more than one occasion I had to take small reprieves to the kitchen and the living room and maybe just look out the window to assure myself of where I live and that those events in the story are not actually happening now and that I really don't live in that time or that place... 
 So, heads up for a lot of tissue-usage and a lot of actual depression.. but still I will never regret reading such a beautiful love story that had its roots nursing in a hellish time.. 
 Go read it... yeah...