How come I have not seen this already? Terrible, terrible of me! Phuff!

IT'S PERFECT! Perfect, Miriam!


You have such a gorgeous way with words and language, I already know that, but still!
I tried to write down a few of my first impressions for you as I read along, I hope you don't mind! First it was a little confusing to follow the progress of the story because it jumps across time and back, but as soon as I got into it, catch the rhythm of it, it really became quite enjoyable, helps focusing the tension and makes it very dynamic.
I can see the scenes before my eyes, I image them with dark colors; dark blue, black and red with sharp lights and yellow in the reg. office.

she is the center of the universe You caught me with this line, I love it, it helped me greatly to enter the "headspace" of the character.

from all walks of life I just love this line, it describes so many things at once with so little words.

Aviva is one of them. The camera is in her face, but she refuses to acknowledge it. The SS officers SPEAK to each other as they observe her, but she cannot understand them, a fact that they are well aware of. As the SS officers find their amusement in Aviva, she cannot help but give their camera a glimpse from the corner of her eye. It distracts her, enough for Aviva to not notice her turn in line. my favorite passage, I can see it crystal clean in my head, how she looks through her lashes. And makes such a contrast with the scene where she stares into the camera bravely/not caring/rebelliously, it's fabulous!
And the ending scene...just WOW! I don't have words for it..
You got me completely, I want to see this!!!!!


How do you imagine Aviva and Manfried? Who would you cast for their roles? Mélanie would be perfect, but I think a younger Kate Winslet'd be great too.
If I find my perfect Aviva, I might just make a graphic for you with your permission, of course!

Thank you for sharing! Waiting with bated breath for the next installment!
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