Un peu confus dans la construction, mais reste intéressant. ( )

The Second Son is the third (and at the moment) the last book of Nikolai Hoffner's series. This is a nice read, a mix between a historical novel and a thriller, that takes place in Germany and Spain during the first months of the Spanish Civil War (1936). The start is compelling: Georg, Nikolai's son, was in Spain to film the People's Olympiad when the war broke out and he was missing. However, I felt quite detached reading the central and the last part of the novel, because the dialogues sounded unrealistic to me (as if the characters were always hinting to something left unsaid), there were too many coincidences and a huge historical mistake (see spoiler alert ).
It isn't a depressing book for me, but doesn't match up with Night Soldiers or with Bernie Gunther's series . ( )

Too depressing. I just can't read any more books about Nazis. ( )