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Cilka's Journey by Heather Morris

29 reviews

mollywoolven's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.75

What a beautiful book!!
I read The Tattooist of Auschwitz
during lockdown and reading this had the exact same feeling. Cilka is a beautiful strong woman. She is a true inspiration and I think it is captured in this book wonderfully. Although a very hard subject, there are some light hearted moments and I would recommend to anyone to continue with it just have regular breaks throughout!

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authorjenn's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

After borrowing book 1 from my aunt and reading it. I HAD to read book 2 in this series. I enjoyed book 2 more than book 1. Due to some of the violence ( we will call it) in the book, I did have to take breaks from reading it at times. It overwhelmed me emotionally, especially being a woman! It made my heart so happy for the ending after all the violence. It's amazing that this fiction story is based on a real person and her heroic story. I'm really looking forward to book 3!

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billcbentley's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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lottie1803's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense

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

5.0

Ranking based on interpretation of events as mostly fiction. This is a very hard book to rate and review, based on both the harrowing historical content and the personal feelings of those connected to the real individual. Still, a very compelling and powerful story that does highlight the under-appreciated experiences of sexual violence in genocide. I found the writing style and characters a significant improvement on the first book. Cecilia does suffer from a bit of Main Character Syndrome, but in the context of her world and trauma, it’s understandable. The stories are linked, but not completely necessary to read them together.

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walskishere's review against another edition

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dark fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

I'm choosing to not rate this. After finishing the book, I looked up the real Cilka. It seems that the family has severe issue with how Heather Morris portrayed her. Out of respect, I won't be rating this, but I did enjoy the writing.

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pages_and_thread's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

4.0

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monarchkisses's review against another edition

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dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

3.5

the main character grapples with a lot of moral quandaries surrounding what they had to do to survive. the story shows them carrying that guilt while still finding ways to move forward. i think many of us carry guilt in the way cilka does. over things we can’t change and maybe we had to do them to survive but still struggle to accept. i found the story very moving because of this relationship to grief and shame, and also there is just so much love between the people in this book. it made me cry like a little baby at many a part.

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