The Light in the Ruins

This book has many qualities, but enough faults to get 3*...

I really enjoyed the setting: Italy during and after WWII. The Germans are trying to resist the advance of the Allies, and to do this, all means necessary are taken, even pillaging and killing those that are supposed to be their allies, the Italians. In the middle of all this, the Rosati family tries to survive and will pay the ultimate price, first during the war, and then ten years later when a killer stars attacking the survivors.