A heartbreaking story of the annihilation of a mountain area in Italy. The one survivor must find the German responsible. Her nightmare won't end until she finds some justice. Sadly most war criminals never faced their crimes. The answer to why humans can be so evil is known only to God.

I tried with this book. I have read dozens of books about WW2. I got about 25% of the way through before I gave up. I think my issue with this book is the total morbidity from the very start. Usually books from this era build and we experience the sadness and the despair later in the story, but this book was too much of a letdown from the start. I think the author does it more for the shock factor than for the actual story.

So many things i love about this book. I love historical fictions that particularly focus upon war time italy so this book was perfect! This captured the emotional aspects i love, as i feel inspired about the characters, trials and tribulations they go through which inspires me and leaves me feeling in love with this book.

I absolutely LOVED this book. Historical Fiction is my favorite genre, especially around WW2 and I have recently started reading about the Nazis in Italy during WW2. The Longest Echo is the perfect amount of history, romance, and perseverance. Eoin Dempsey's writing is brilliant and I could not put this book down. I love how he divided up the parts, and talked from both James and Liliana's point of view. This book may be my favorite Historical Fiction to date!

I gave this book 4 Stars rounded up from 3.5. The story featured an event in WWII history that I was unfamiliar with. I found the author's use of the description "meters" to be excessive and annoying.

"Finding Rebecca," another novel by Dempsey, is one of my favorite books, so I was excited to read this one after several years since reading "Finding Rebecca" for the first time.

The setting of this book was a pull for me -- I love books set in Italy and come from Italian descent myself. The same tense, aching, gripping suspense from "Finding Rebecca" returns in "The Longest Echo" as Liliana and James's story unfolds. For readers who enjoy angst and tugging on the heart strings, this is a book for you. I felt so much nostalgia and warmth reading this book, and I hope Dempsey continues to write romantic historical fiction. This was a beautiful novel.

Loved loved this book! I finished it in 2 days but I kind of wish I had taken my time because I just loved it so much. Historical fiction, especially during WW2 is my thing, I read tons of it so I was pretty excited to read this. I was not disappointed! I had never heard of this tragedy before and am grateful Mr. Dempsey choose to tell their story. He did such a great job too, I was immediately drawn into the family of characters he created. I could not put down Part 1 and stayed up to finish it because I felt so invested in what was happening to these people. As I stated previously I had not heard about this event happening and will now go to learn more.
Another awesome book by Eoin Demspey! I will for sure be recommending it to my Historical fiction friends!

Very good historical fiction book on WW2. It had great writing, a great plot and characterization and was a brilliantly told story. Very sad to see the suffering of everyone of that time during the war and after. Would definitely recommend.