"Last Train to Instanbul " by Ayşe Kulin, John W. Baker (Translator)

"Last Train to Instanbul "

 by  Ayşe Kulin,  John W. Baker (Translator)

I don't know who but someone gave me a suggestion to read this book on Goodreads.  I just took the suggestion and bought it.  Honestly, it was one of the best decisions.  This is such a wonderful, informative, and captivating book.  Too many adjectives but nothing compares to what I felt while reading this and after finishing this book.  

People like me are very much engrossed and certainly well aware of political situations in our own countries.  We normally do not have any idea of what is going on half way across the world, leave alone what happened few decades ago.  The world is now well aware of how Jews were treated at the hand of Germany.  However, I did not have any idea of Turkey's role and respective handling of Turkish authorities in helping its own citizens in the situation.  

The book provides all the elements - Romance, War, sense of Mystery, a sense of longing to know what will happen next all throughout.  The book is spun around one family but is able to tie every other character around them easily at various events and phases in the book.  People living a normal life in Europe are jolted out of their daily routines and are subject to unimaginable, inhuman challenges and conditions.  One fails to imagine how could situations change and how could any government behave in such a way without any particular fault.  

How officials from Turkey step up and support their own citizens is commendable.  How they are able to bring their citizens back to their home ground right under the noses of Germans is amazing.  

Goodreads review: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17779550-last-train-to-istanbul?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=lbl0oyEAK4&rank=1

Overall Review: 5*

Grip Factor            : 5

Language Style      : 4.5 

Engaging Plot        : 4.5
Characters              : 4.5
Satisfying End        : 5