327 reviews for:

The Lost Year

Katherine Marsh

4.49 AVERAGE

emklem's review

3.0

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

lcrowe5112's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

juller's review against another edition

5.0

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One of the top books for me this year! Be sure to read the author's note too.

libscote's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

Loveable characters: Yes

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A powerful read about a little-known time that becomes especially poignant when looking at Ukraine and Russia right now. I also think the misinformation part is interesting in 2024. I agree with another review I saw that it was a little slow to start--whiny kid heads are sometimes hard to start in. It gets way better though.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide

zappa1776's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

ms_fox's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

2906mp's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

emjaezreads's review against another edition

4.0

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I picked up this ya book for my classroom but enjoyed it myself. The book is set in both modern day US during the beginning of covid and Ukraine pre WW2. The use of multiple pov kept the story flowing. I enjoyed learning the mostly unknown history of the starving of Ukrainians by the communist party. This book will take a special place in my classroom library.

rlperry's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

mrsclarkcatlady's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional informative inspiring sad medium-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