Four strangers from four different backgrounds brought together in this sad tale of the Whilhelm Gustloff. This book follows the journey of the many people who tried to escape the invasion of the Russians in East Prussia during WWII.

This was such a sad book. I knew what was going to happen but it still didn't make the scenes any less sad. I liked the realism in this book and the writing was beautiful. I would recommend listening to the audiobook to help keep the different characters' stories separate since each character's part is read by a different person.