3.63k reviews for:

The Things We Cannot Say

Kelly Rimmer

4.47 AVERAGE

allisontryon's review against another edition

4.0

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Amazing. Beautiful & heartbreaking. I love the premise of how 2 people fleeing a war torn country can change the trajectory of their future generations forever. Even though the twist was clear well before the end the story was still very suspenseful and interesting to read. Loved it.

boderoen's review against another edition

4.75

emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Need tissues for this one! I loved the relationship between the grandmother and her granddaughter. I’m not much of romance reader but I really enjoyed this historical fiction love story. 

jotorr's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

catwalker's review against another edition

4.0

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Loved this book. Once again, it’s a book about WW2. The book is told through two viewpoints - Alice is a young mother of two children in today’s time whose grandmother is a WW2 survivor. But that is pretty much all Alice knows of her grandmother’s history. Alina is a young girl who tells the story of her family and their life in the countryside of Poland and how the war begins to tragically change all of their lives.
Once again this is a great story of love, family, strength and survival.
Highly recommend!

minicooper813's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sarabdelfattah's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

smitab's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

catieguerin24's review against another edition

4.75

emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

kate_boucher_'s review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional inspiring sad medium-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

emjays24's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated