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priyajeanie 's review for:
Salt to the Sea
by Ruta Sepetys
I so wish I could give this book more. It gives such unique perspectives on a time period so well worn in historical fiction and yet... For starters, one of the characters I found almost entirely useless and not really worth writing about. He seemed to add nothing to the story and most of his chapters were made up of letters chock full of complete lies that he wrote in his head and never sent. For that reason, I ended up skimming most of his chapters.
While I enjoyed the other three main characters much more, the brevity of each chapter meant that it was difficult to get into one characters head before being pulled into another.
Additionally, the synopsis of this book is completely misleading and I truly wish I hadn't read it. The majority of the book has nothing to do with the tragedy that the synopsis would be the main focus.
Like I said, this book presented some really unique perspectives...but there are just soooo many other world war II era novels that I think are more worth everyone's time.
While I enjoyed the other three main characters much more, the brevity of each chapter meant that it was difficult to get into one characters head before being pulled into another.
Additionally, the synopsis of this book is completely misleading and I truly wish I hadn't read it. The majority of the book has nothing to do with the tragedy that the synopsis would be the main focus.
Like I said, this book presented some really unique perspectives...but there are just soooo many other world war II era novels that I think are more worth everyone's time.