Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Ashes in the Snow by Ruta Sepetys

26 reviews

_mya_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child death, Confinement, Excrement, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Antisemitism, Hate crime, and Miscarriage

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Cursing, Pregnancy, and Vomit

nebraskanwriter's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Wow, what an incredibly powerful and important book! I am so grateful Ruta wrote this, it is so important we do not forget what happened to these amazing people. 

The book begins immediately with Lina and her brother and her mother getting taken to start working in a camp. 

The story is told rather methodically, “I said this, she did this, this happened then that happened” which I did not think I would like. However, I enjoyed the simplicity and that there weren’t a lot of purple prose or anything, nothing to distract you from the direct words you were reading. 

This is Ruta’s first published book and it definitley sounds/reads different than her others that I’ve read. But I still enjoyed it, as much as one can enjoy such a heart breaking book. 

I am not a crier but I did cry at the end, it moved and touched me so very deeply. 

As Ruta is Lithuanian, this felt like an homage to those who endured in silence for so long. I’m so glad light is being shed on the truth of what so many that suffered in silence went through for so many years... 

Quotes: 
“Have you ever wondered how much a person’s life is worth? That morning, my brother’s was worth a pocket watch.” 

“We’d been trying to touch the sky from the bottom of the ocean. I realized that if we boosted one another, maybe we’d get a little closer.” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Police brutality, War, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Antisemitism, Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Violence

calamitywindpetal's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, War, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Child death, Police brutality, Xenophobia, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Rape, Murder, Slavery, Sexual harassment, and Gun violence

Minor: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Cursing

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

Moderate: Infidelity

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

Starvation (graphic)

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

brookey8888's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative tense fast-paced

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

5.0

“Have you ever wondered what a human life is worth? That morning, my brother's was worth a pocket watch.”


This book broke my heart. This is a very important book to me though because I am Lithuanian and my great grandmother was born there. I learned a lot. Like I didn’t even know this happened and it disgusts me. Like how did the world come to that? Everyone should read this!! I’m going to be shoving this down everyone’s throat telling them to read it.

Reread
I honestly enjoyed this more the second time. I think it’s because of the state of the world. I just love all the characters and how strong they are. I just can’t believe this even happened. I loved how these people found happiness or hope in little things to keep going. It’s very inspirational. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Antisemitism, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Suicide, Blood, Bullying, Colonisation, Death of parent, Excrement, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Child death, Confinement, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and War