Reviews tagging 'War'

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

72 reviews

maple_dusk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

This book nearly broke me, but filled in the cracks at the end.

I . . . really don't know what else to say.

I did find one thing wrong with this, and that was the one brief appearance of arophobia.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Rape, Sexual content, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Alcohol

Starvation (graphic)

kenzielireads's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and War

karla_w_a_k's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

Difficult book to read as it recounts a dark time in history, but it is history worth learning about. I would not recommend if traumatic storylines, realistic depictions of trauma are difficult to handle in reading, generational trauma/ genocide are things too difficult. Think very similar to Anne Frank and other survivor stories of POW’s from WWII era. I found it a story that I appreciated as it’s about a genocide often overlooked/ forgotten that reverberates to today still. Incredibly accurate description of what many endured but never had the chance to share. If stories like that inspire you to reflect or empathize, change the world, or simply understand history of other cultures- this is a story that would be beneficial to read. But, it is a difficult one. Take breaks!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Blood, Antisemitism, Colonisation, and Classism

mkchickentender's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

rillastone's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Suicide

anna_reads_too_much's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and War

Moderate: Violence

serena_hien's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Genocide, Excrement, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

gabrielab's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and War

mayflies's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Police brutality, Death of parent, and War

odina's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Xenophobia, and War