Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

26 reviews

shybookstagramer's review

4.0

 It's crazy what you do and don't learn from the history books. I had no idea that this event occurred during WWII. I'm so disappointed that we were never taught about this, but we know about the sinking of the Titanic. This shipwreck and all the others that occurred on January 30, 1945 caused so many many deaths.

I thought this book was beautifully written and brought this tragic tale to my attention. I like how the story was told from 4 completely different perspectives so that readers can see how this tragedy affected so many different types of people. I felt for the characters. I thought they were all unique and well-written. I grew very attached to them and became so invested.

There were some moments where I didn't necessarily want some of the descriptions that I got, but they did show the horrible things that occurred.

This is a very heavy read but I think it's important that people read it because we need to learn about events like this that are never talked about. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child death, Pregnancy, Racism, Ableism, Violence, Death, and War

Moderate: Rape, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Sexual assault

scarletleaf's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Racism, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape

francisca_pitterle's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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 and Child death

Moderate: Racism

lillian08's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, and Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy and Racism

Minor: Rape

swaggynikki's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad

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

It's about WWII so it's definitely dark, but it's very good. I really liked the beginning section where they were on the run, and it sorta had found family vibes with the different narrators getting to know each other throughout the story, which I really liked.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Medical content, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Confinement

maryse_johanna's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Blood, Death, and Racism

Minor: Child death