Reviews

Sanctuary – Flucht in die Freiheit by Abby Sher, Paola Mendoza

caro_mue's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

joi_love_and_books's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

4.0

lilifaun's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring tense 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? It's complicated

3.5

valentina_rge's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring tense fast-paced

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

4.0

dhatislandbookworm's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

heartsister923's review against another edition

adventurous sad slow-paced

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

3.0

This wasn’t my type of book. I read it for school and didn’t really enjoy it. It was well written just not my favorite genre.

adearajean's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Felt like this book was good but hard to read. Good character development but emotional and a little repetitive. A little one note in places. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia and Deportation

Minor: Confinement, Death, and Death of parent

biblio_bug's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Five stars because it made me cry. Poor Tomas!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

carlisajc's review against another edition

4.0

A truly powerful book that shows what could happen if we continued down the road that our country has been heading. Vali is a strong character, and I really felt for her throughout her journey. I can't find any info about there being a sequel, but this book definitely leaves that possibility open, and I hope we can see Vali kind of grow from being strong out of desperation to being strong out of a choice, which I think we would see based on how I imagine the sequel would go.

syllareads's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-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

4.0