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A review by digir
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
4.0
Completely unlike anything I’ve ever read before. This is my first historical fiction that wasn’t a romance, thriller or mystery and I enjoyed EVERY SECOND of it.
From the beginning, I was captivated by the author’s a writing.
It is by no means a happy story, although the author does try for a happy ending that while possible, would have been really difficult for the characters to have gotten in real life and I thank her for that. It placated something in me.
Although this is fiction and its historical elements happened years ago, this story feels very alive to me.
I’m deeply moved by the strength of the Lithuanians and I will be carrying out research on their history.
I look forward to learning more about them from their stories and art. To learning forgiveness and resilience from them and hoping somehow, people don’t make the same mistakes again.
From the beginning, I was captivated by the author’s a writing.
It is by no means a happy story, although the author does try for a happy ending that while possible, would have been really difficult for the characters to have gotten in real life and I thank her for that. It placated something in me.
Although this is fiction and its historical elements happened years ago, this story feels very alive to me.
I’m deeply moved by the strength of the Lithuanians and I will be carrying out research on their history.
I look forward to learning more about them from their stories and art. To learning forgiveness and resilience from them and hoping somehow, people don’t make the same mistakes again.