I read this as one of the picks for the Litsy (Team YA) Postal Book Club I am in, and am glad it was chosen, even though I often do not choose historical fiction much these days to read. Especially when I expect it to bring me to tears (or remind me how little I know about how the Soviets and Stalin...
The Baltic countries of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia are countries that fell off the map in 1941 when the Soviet Union invaded and deported anti Soviet people to Siberia to work camps. These people weren't freed until 1954 and went home to nothing and the reputation of a criminal. These counties d...
This story has tons of feels. It's about when Stalin was invading countries. The author's note speaks about how everyone knows of Hitler, but many don't know that Stalin was doing horrible things. Because of how Russia was communist until the 90's people weren't allowed to talk about it before so...
Though the whole book you are afraid for the characters, who will live and who will die. Because you know in this setting, someone and probably a lot of people will die. I felt for all the characters, I just can’t imagine what it would have been like to be in that situation. I adore the main charact...
Though the whole book you are afraid for the characters, who will live and who will die. Because you know in this setting, someone and probably a lot of people will die. I felt for all the characters, I just can’t imagine what it would have been like to be in that situation. I adore the main charact...
Rating: 5 StarsAnother amazing story by Ruta Sepetys. The story follows a Lithuanian family that were forced out of their home, separated from their father/husband and forced to work ungodly tasks and hours in a concentration camp. Not the most pleasurable reading, but inspiring none the less.What...
This book goes straight to my 'Favorites shelf', I absolutely loved it. This is not a pretty book, the torture that the characters have to endure is written so realistic, that you can picture in in your head. And believe me, it's brutal!But even though this book is tragic and heartbreaking, it's he...
This book is absolutely fantastic! You can tell Sepetys put in a lot of hard work to make this novel for people to know the story of Lithuanians everywhere. The writing is phenomenal, the story heartbreaking but beautiful, and the characters brilliantly complex! I cannot stress this enough: Read thi...
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