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A review by thebookishmel
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
3.0
It’s definitely odd for me to give a book like this such a meh rating because it is such a tragic novel and explores such a terrible time of WWII and the Nazi regime. However, I think what really kills it for me is the fact that I just couldn’t bear myself to listen to it, not because of its content, but because I just genuinely was not a fan of the writing style or the constant switches in perspective.
I often found myself having to go back and listen to certain sections or even full chapters again because it was so sudden with the change and with trying to understand what happened. The jumping back and forth didnt help my understanding of it at all.
I think one positive aspect of the multiple perspectives was how diverse each one was, but also how young they all were. Sepety’s makes a note at the end about how most books about or from this era are written by leaders of each side, but rarely by the youth. This did a great job at exploring that, especially Alfred’s letter writing and him hyping himself up while hiding in a closet. He was my least favorite character hands down, homie was plain annoying.
Overall, I think I’m going to have to give this a reread just because I don’t think I fully grasped everything because it was so confusing the first time around. We’ll see though.
I often found myself having to go back and listen to certain sections or even full chapters again because it was so sudden with the change and with trying to understand what happened. The jumping back and forth didnt help my understanding of it at all.
I think one positive aspect of the multiple perspectives was how diverse each one was, but also how young they all were. Sepety’s makes a note at the end about how most books about or from this era are written by leaders of each side, but rarely by the youth. This did a great job at exploring that, especially Alfred’s letter writing and him hyping himself up while hiding in a closet. He was my least favorite character hands down, homie was plain annoying.
Overall, I think I’m going to have to give this a reread just because I don’t think I fully grasped everything because it was so confusing the first time around. We’ll see though.