Play Book Tag discussion

I read a tremendous amount of this genre. And there is a lot of this genre thats generated, year after year after year. Just how many World War Two books can a person read? Apparently, many! But what I have come to understand, is that they have to be extremely good at this point to compete. That, or maybe I am getting tired of it a little bit. This one was good. I enjoyed it. But extraordinary? Like 'wiping your eyes staying with you forever forever moved not to missed' good? Nope. If this is your genre, its worth reading.

This one is set in Russia and centers around three men and a woman, all Jews trying to survive the war intact and make it to America. A young female surgeon, her fiance another surgeon, but also secret pianist, her brother a world class scientist, and a Jewish resistance fighter on the run. The scientist knows the key to escape is his relativity equations and he is competing with Einstein to publish his theories, and all of this centers on a solar eclipse that is happening in two months, if they survive. Add in a grandmother, a ton of scientific bigwigs that want to take credit for Vanya's work, and will hunt down the family to find him. A Russian police tracker, and a guy some of them meet along with way, an illiterate wannabe scientist, who throughout the book, you don't know which side he is on. And for whom he will come through. The adventure works in pairs, and two at a time the adventure takes its shape, as everyone races inexorably towards the solar eclipse. It wasn't bad, it was a good book. I think however, I may need a break from this genre. And looking at my TBR - I'm just not likely to get one anytime soon.