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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Content Warnings
Difficult history of antisemitism and Holocaust
This book proves to those people who refuse to read fiction because "it doesn't teach you anything" that they are mistaken. This book is fiction based on a real historical event that I was completely unfamiliar with - the Vel d'Hiv roundup. I liked how the author ties in the story of a young Jewish girl (Sarah) in 1942 with a modern day American story of a woman obsessed with finding out what happened to Sarah. While some aspects of the story are a bit predictable, I kept wanting to know what was to happen next and specifically, what happened with Sarah's story.
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Forced to acknowledge an ugly part of world history, this book did a beautiful job of weaving the modern day and history in a seamless mesh, much like the way we live today. It walked us into and through the reckoning of the past, into the healing that can happen, and still, withheld the necessary integrity of the severity.
This book did the Vel d'Hiv Roundup justice.
This book did the Vel d'Hiv Roundup justice.
Wish I could give this more than 5 stars.
One of the best books I’ve read this year.
One of the best books I’ve read this year.
emotional
sad
Very fast read. Really good story. It reminded me a lot of The Virgin Blue.
dark
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
