Beyond The Tracks by Michael Reit

Narrated by Mike Paul

Genre - Historical Fiction

Format - Audiobook

Rating - 5 out of 5 stars

Narration Rating - 2 out of 5 stars

I loved this book but the narration left me feeling a little let down. The narrator was very dry and had only three voices. One for the Nazi’s, one for the Jews, and one for the women. I like when all the voices are just a tad different.

Now with that nastiness done I loved the actually book and storyline. The author brought to light a whole new side of things about the war and especially people who fled Germany before the war even started. In the beginning the main characters have fled Germany years before the war started and are living in a refugee camp. All that changes though. 

The Nazi’s get a hold of the refugee camp and turn it into a prisoner camp. While this camp is not a “death” camp they are shipping people to the death camps from it. At first the main character is lucky and is picked as a informal police officer and life is good but as the story goes on and the camp starts to empty the character is eventually sent to Auschwitz but by a miracle escapes the train and joins a resistance movement. While this did happen and the people that he hooks up with are true we have to remember that it is a fiction book.

Be sure to read the author’s note as it explains what is fact and fiction in more detail. Will the main characters survive the war and go on to live happier lives? Well I guess you will have to read/listen to find out. I would suggest reading it rather than listening to the audiobook. I sure would have enjoyed that more than the audiobook!