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The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys

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briannad4's review

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informative mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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katrinaburch's review

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informative sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Oh my. What a book. I knew bits and pieces about the time in Spain between 1929 and 1976 but wow this book. So well written. I was a little worried about it because it is long (my copy was almost 500 pages) but it is so worth well. Characters are well developed; I rejoiced in their happiness and was upset at their misfortune.

My only minor complaints are that I wish I as a reader could have gotten some more resolution about Purí. I felt that that storyline was kind of just left hanging. I also wish that there had been resolution with wether or not Christina was truly Julia's child.

And the romantic in me wishes we got a wedding for Daniel and Ana.

But damn this book, it's going to stay with me for a while .

"...feel powerful because you have money. Your money buys our wine a d sunshine, but it doesn't buy the right to our history"

"Truth breaks the chain of silence... It sets us free"

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oceanwriter's review against another edition

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emotional informative sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Why oh why did I let this sit on my shelf for so long?! I was captivated from start to finish. I didn't realize I knew so little about Francisco Franco's regime. Ruta Sepetys illustrated the differences between the life of an American and the life of repressed citizens of Spain marvelously. I love walking away from a historical fiction book ready to read more about a specific event or time in history.

I'm usually wary of YA books because often I'm not too fond of the writing style or characters, but The Fountains of Silence was exceptional. I loved Ana, Daniel, Puri, Rafa... pretty much all of them. Ana and Daniel's rapport was a treat to read. I felt like I was there.

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elizabethpowers's review

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dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

idk how to feel

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laurenw's review against another edition

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challenging emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

4.0

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mirroball's review against another edition

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hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.0

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nebraskanwriter's review against another edition

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challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

“He scratched a proverb on the wall for future inmates: ‘Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, he became a butterfly.’”

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Wow, what an amazing book! Being over 500 pages, I was a little intimated to start this but the audiobook was superb and I flew through this.

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The story begins a little slow as Sepetys begins painting a picture of 1957 Spain, controlled by the dictator Franco. She immerses you in the people, the culture, their lives and the many secrets they keep. The silent vow they take. She examins this moment in history from multiple angles, following multiple characters who help show the reader that all is not what it seems in Spain. You have the American, the maid at the hotel and her family, a grave digger and an employee at a Catholic orphanage. But something is off. Children are going missing. Orphanages are overflowing. Mothers are asking about their children and where they went. But no one is giving answers, no one is saying anything.

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Sepetys slowly pulls back the layers of Franco’s Spain, exposing to Daniel (the naive American) what is actually going on and what all the Spanish people are enduring under the dictator. As I did not know much about Spain’s history, I found this story both fascinating and also horrifying.

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Sepetys is a master at humanizing history, bringing to life the words in our history books and giving voices to those who have been silenced for far too long.

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