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Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
4.0
It's crazy what you do and don't learn from the history books. I had no idea that this event occurred during WWII. I'm so disappointed that we were never taught about this, but we know about the sinking of the Titanic. This shipwreck and all the others that occurred on January 30, 1945 caused so many many deaths.
I thought this book was beautifully written and brought this tragic tale to my attention. I like how the story was told from 4 completely different perspectives so that readers can see how this tragedy affected so many different types of people. I felt for the characters. I thought they were all unique and well-written. I grew very attached to them and became so invested.
There were some moments where I didn't necessarily want some of the descriptions that I got, but they did show the horrible things that occurred.
This is a very heavy read but I think it's important that people read it because we need to learn about events like this that are never talked about.
I thought this book was beautifully written and brought this tragic tale to my attention. I like how the story was told from 4 completely different perspectives so that readers can see how this tragedy affected so many different types of people. I felt for the characters. I thought they were all unique and well-written. I grew very attached to them and became so invested.
There were some moments where I didn't necessarily want some of the descriptions that I got, but they did show the horrible things that occurred.
This is a very heavy read but I think it's important that people read it because we need to learn about events like this that are never talked about.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Antisemitism, Child death, Pregnancy, Racism, Ableism, Violence, Death, and War
Moderate: Rape, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Sexual assault