Reviews

The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys

mimela78's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

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

5.0

lmc168's review against another edition

1.0

I stopped reading 15% in because the writing was so bad. The subject is interesting, but the plot was not compelling enough to overcome the terrible writing.

bookishnicole's review against another edition

5.0

I love her books so much.

joziii's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad tense 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

4.5

love love love, everything, the intertwining stories, the plot line, unexpected in a good way

melisacabelloc's review against another edition

4.0

shes getting better and better

amanda_12's review against another edition

emotional 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

5.0

This might be the best book I have ever read. I loved it so much. 

I listened to the audiobook. 

gengray47's review against another edition

5.0

Wow... the nostalgia of this book

Another period of time I genuinely didn't know much about and I'm gonna have to go do a lot more reading on. Loved this story so much. Sepetys does no wrong

rachielove9's review against another edition

5.0

I cannot believe how much I learned from this book. Sepetys does an outstanding job of creating characters I feel passionately for within a few chapters, and delving into history's hidden darkness and bringing it out into the light!

pokemonreader's review

Slow, boring, focusing on romance rather than history or other interesting characters. Couldn't be bothered to carry on.

silthesia's review against another edition

Siendo la primera vez que leo a Ruta Sepetys, confieso que no sabía muy bien qué esperarme, aunque al ver la nota que acompañaba al libro, en el cual se explicaba los años de documentación que la autora había invertido, ya vaticinaba que esta historia tenía todos los ingredientes necesarios para encandilarme, como así ha sido.

Nos encontramos en el Madrid de 1957, un período en el que la España de posguerra parecía quedarse atrás, pero en el cual aún se arrastraban demasiados problemas sociales y políticos, en especial para aquellos ciudadanos y ciudadanas que habían estado relacionados con la República. Es esta también una época en la que el país se ve obligado a abrirse, debido a los insuficientes recursos con los que se contaban y a la falta de capital extranjero dentro de la península.

Es aquí donde entra nuestro protagonista masculino, Daniel, hijo de un texano magnate del petróleo y de una española, que viajan al país para aprovecharse de los negocios que por aquel entonces se firmaban casi a diario con el generalísimo. Obviamente, la familia del joven goza de una situación económica muy favorable en Texas, que se ve magnificada con la pobreza de la población española.


El resto de la reseña está en: https://silthesia.blogspot.com/2022/01/resena-las-fuentes-del-silencio-de-ruta.html