I found it worth reading because of the history. It showed a side of Hitler's world that hasn't often been revealed in other books. Though he doesn't show up in the novel, he's very much there. What bothered me was the omissions. The author slid over the fact that millions of Jews were being murdered at the time. There were only two references in the whole novel to Jews, and none mentioned the horror. It was as if the “problem” didn't exist. Maybe this is how the majority of Germans dealt with what was going on out of sight. But I found the omissions disturbing.
