A review by sandrathe
The Quality of Silence by Rosamund Lupton

5.0

Wow! This is an amazing story of love, bravery and determination. When I read the synopsis, I was expecting a story about a woman and her daughter looking for their missing husband and father. I knew it took place in Alaska and was expecting some hardship, a certain degree of discomfort for the characters. I had no idea! This book is brutal, the writing puts you right there in the cold and the dark. I was not expecting that level of intensity, of minute to minute danger. I loved Yasmin and Ruby, what they went through could only be described as hellish. I loved that the author chose to write Ruby as a deaf child and then went on to describe exactly how that feels in such a beautiful way. The ending was not what I had expected at all! I would definitely recommend this book.