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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
4.5 stars.
This is one of the most heart wrenching books I have ever read. It was very hard to get through at times. I often didn't pick it up if I wasn't in a happy mood and I never could read it at night. I was afraid it would give me nightmares. It is so worth reading though. It's enlightening and made me really think that our history classes need a serious overhaul. I love the way the two stories are told in alternating chapters.
This is one of the most heart wrenching books I have ever read. It was very hard to get through at times. I often didn't pick it up if I wasn't in a happy mood and I never could read it at night. I was afraid it would give me nightmares. It is so worth reading though. It's enlightening and made me really think that our history classes need a serious overhaul. I love the way the two stories are told in alternating chapters.
This book follows the story of Sarah, a young girl growing up in Nazi occupied France.
When the Nazis come and arrest her and her parents, Sarah locks her little brother in a cupboard.
In Auschwitz, Sarah struggles with the guilt of leaving her brother behind.
The story jumps to a present day journalist, Julia who is commissioned to write a piece on the round-up that had Sarah and her family arrested. Julia learns the story of Sarah and her family and needs to know how her story ended.
Alternating between present day and 1942 we see these two lives, intertwining in a beautifully written story.
When the Nazis come and arrest her and her parents, Sarah locks her little brother in a cupboard.
In Auschwitz, Sarah struggles with the guilt of leaving her brother behind.
The story jumps to a present day journalist, Julia who is commissioned to write a piece on the round-up that had Sarah and her family arrested. Julia learns the story of Sarah and her family and needs to know how her story ended.
Alternating between present day and 1942 we see these two lives, intertwining in a beautifully written story.
informative
sad
slow-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-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:
Complicated
This book made me cry so much.
I was never taught this in school. I knew about it from reading on my own years ago.
I think this topic is beyond important. and needs to be at the forefront of our minds.
Sarah was tragic and heartbreaking, and she wasn't the only one....not by millions.
Julie was strong and her resilience to learn what happened is something I really admire. it's not always easy to talk about the last and our actions, but we have to.
This never should have happened in the first place and willfully pretending it didn't happen is such a disservice to those whose lives were taken unjustly and to our own and our futures.
I think this novel is a must read.
I was never taught this in school. I knew about it from reading on my own years ago.
I think this topic is beyond important. and needs to be at the forefront of our minds.
Sarah was tragic and heartbreaking, and she wasn't the only one....not by millions.
Julie was strong and her resilience to learn what happened is something I really admire. it's not always easy to talk about the last and our actions, but we have to.
This never should have happened in the first place and willfully pretending it didn't happen is such a disservice to those whose lives were taken unjustly and to our own and our futures.
I think this novel is a must read.
sad
This book was easily going to be a DNF book, but at my aunt's insistence, I powered through. The beginning was so infuriating. A middle-aged privileged white woman, living in Paris, crying about her problems. More problems about a failing marriage with a husband who doesn't really care about her, etc.
But the main story, that of finding Sarah in present-day Paris after the events of French police rounding up all the Jews and taking them to internment camps, was beautiful. Would recommend to someone who isn't afraid to power through the first half of this book lmao
But the main story, that of finding Sarah in present-day Paris after the events of French police rounding up all the Jews and taking them to internment camps, was beautiful. Would recommend to someone who isn't afraid to power through the first half of this book lmao
No pensaba que me fuera a gustar y enganchar tanto este libro. No suelo leer novelas ambientadas en la segunda guerra mundial, que hablen de nazis y judios o básicamente que traten sobre la historia. Y no suelo leerla porque siempre pienso que no me van a gustar pero estoy equivocada. Esta novela nos habla de dos vidas la de Sarah y la de Julia que aparentemente no tienen nada que ver pero que se acaban juntando de una forma muy bonita. Me ha gustado mucho y le doy un 4.5 Quiero encontrar otra novela asi de fascinante.
emotional
sad
slow-paced