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Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay

3 reviews

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

3.0

This was fine. Not what I was expecting. I enjoyed the first hundred pages(except the writing style). Then we lose a narrative part that I was enjoying way more. We started just focusing on Julie and how she felt about the things that happened and her stupid husband. Honestly while I was reading I had plot points that would have made this better and when they didn’t happen and it was just about Julia I was disappointed. That being said I am happy I read this because I honestly didn’t really know that these events took place in France. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, War, Suicide, Hate crime, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Police brutality, Abortion, Antisemitism, Miscarriage, Murder, Violence, Car accident, Death, Gaslighting, Infertility, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Child death, and Confinement

jennabarry3's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Suicide, and War

Minor: Car accident

spacerkip's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

 You know that tumblr post that's like "I hate adult fiction - everyone's getting a divorce."

Yeah.

Sarah's story was interesting, and for a book that was supposedly about her, I really, really wish more time was spent in her perspective than the French soap-opera we got in Julia's chapters. I did not care about this journalist or her jerk of a husband, and yet. And yet. Fortunately, the writing was simplistic and bland enough that I was able to get through it all in a few sittings. Why anyone would cheapen a horrific event like the Holocaust with shallow, modern-day drivel is beyond me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child abuse, Child death, Genocide, Grief, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, and Racism

Moderate: Suicide, Abortion, Cursing, Excrement, Infertility, and Infidelity