The Paris Architect
Charles Belfoure
The book proves one thing for sure - Howsoever bad people are there in the world, somewhere or the other you will find good souls. A story of an architect who builds hiding places for Jews in regular houses in the middle of world war Paris. WW II affected many people not only in Germany but also all the countries which were occupied by Germany. This story is about Paris and its Jew/non Jew population. How an architect who is originally not interested in the Jew cause gets himself aligned to saving them and how he stays away from the eyes of the German police is the whole story.
You live your lives a certain way and work towards achieving and attaining all sorts of possessions. A good house, clothes, friends, jobs, kids etc... At the end it is only the lives of your kids and yourself that matters. Post German occupation Jews in Paris take refuge in hiding places designed by this architect to save their lives. There are few things which I like in this story - there is no sob story or sad story behind any characters action. Everyone is aware of the consequences and goes ahead with the plans for hiding places as a choice. At the beginning Lucien is only looking for money which is hard to earn during war time, however later on he starts getting a kick out of creating more innovative hiding places and gets more attached to the cause.
This is a balanced story and talks about both the views. It does not show any side in bad light, although there are bad and good people everywhere. The way the story goes is also intriguing, it keeps our minds and focus on what can be the next move or what can be the next hiding place. Who is getting benefited, what happened to the person who hid there. The author has certainly made sure this book stays a page turner. I certainly like the fact that it stayed with the architect and the hiding places designed by him. Luckily for us it does not go away to other Jew Causes and issues/concerns and that is why I like the story.
Overall Rating: 4.5
Grip Factor: 4.5
Writing Style: 4
Engaging Plot: 4.5
Characters: 4
Satisfying End: 4
GoodReads Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3226737354
You live your lives a certain way and work towards achieving and attaining all sorts of possessions. A good house, clothes, friends, jobs, kids etc... At the end it is only the lives of your kids and yourself that matters. Post German occupation Jews in Paris take refuge in hiding places designed by this architect to save their lives. There are few things which I like in this story - there is no sob story or sad story behind any characters action. Everyone is aware of the consequences and goes ahead with the plans for hiding places as a choice. At the beginning Lucien is only looking for money which is hard to earn during war time, however later on he starts getting a kick out of creating more innovative hiding places and gets more attached to the cause.
This is a balanced story and talks about both the views. It does not show any side in bad light, although there are bad and good people everywhere. The way the story goes is also intriguing, it keeps our minds and focus on what can be the next move or what can be the next hiding place. Who is getting benefited, what happened to the person who hid there. The author has certainly made sure this book stays a page turner. I certainly like the fact that it stayed with the architect and the hiding places designed by him. Luckily for us it does not go away to other Jew Causes and issues/concerns and that is why I like the story.
Overall Rating: 4.5
Grip Factor: 4.5
Writing Style: 4
Engaging Plot: 4.5
Characters: 4
Satisfying End: 4
GoodReads Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3226737354
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