A review by brittsbooknook
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

What an eye-opening, heartbreaking story portraying the experiences of the Lithuanian people during this time of WW2 (and on) at the hands of the Soviets.

POV - Lina, back & forth between her present time and her memories of before their wrongful imprisonment in Siberian labor/prison camps.

Lina's mother - what a heroic character. She did not let bitterness overtake her.

"His eyes found mine. "I'll see you," he said. " 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual assault

The ending was abrupt and then jumped ahead in time. I did want to read about how characters were reunified, but that being said, the way it ends makes you feel all those years and time that were lost to people.