What are your thoughts on the book so far? What do you like or dislike which characters are interesting to you? How does the setting (when,where) affect the story? Well I don't really enjoy this book that much cause it's not really that interesting to me. The characters talk different so its sometimes hard to understand what they are saying or talking about. The setting in this book takes place in Germany in an abandoned building behind a secret bookcase. They share the abandoned building they live in with 8 different people. They dont have a shower or tub they have to take a bath in a water closet . They also have a very limited supply of food so they have to cut back on how much they eat. This story took place in the 1930s-1940s.