Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Light in Hidden Places by Sharon Cameron

4 reviews

ksilvio's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

lawbooks600's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.0

Representation: N/A?
Score: Seven points out of ten.

So. It's not clear why I decided to hold this book off for so long, putting delay after delay, but now only a few days ago, I picked it up, cracked it open, and read this. I have a statement though, historical books tend to be a hit or miss, since the last outstanding ones were I Must Betray You and Words on Fire. I read those months ago. But! Afterwards, I read a string of dissatisfying books so I desperately wanted an enjoyable one. This was it. On the plus side, it's based on a true story during World War II. It starts with the main character Stefania Podgórska, or Stefania for short, and she lives in Poland during the war, I wouldn't want to live in that time considering the circumstances, I noticed the book had a unique attribute going for it, it sometimes can jump from time to time, making this book non-linear. Stefania sometimes uses pseudoynms or false names like Fusia but for simplicity's sake, I'll still call her Stefania, now that I said that she is working for another family called the Diamants even though they are Jewish, and she is Catholic. Not many pages afterwards, the Germans arrive and occupy the town of Przemysl leaving Stefania and her sister Helena by themselves, and the way the author wrote this was immersive and compelling, no wonder this got a Western Australian Young Readers' Book Award this year, unfortunately this is the only book from this author my library has so I can't read any more books from her yet, if they do get more books from her, I'd gladly read them. From this point on, Stefania must make some choices for herself, so first she hides a Jew from the Germans inside her attic (because of reasons...) then she hides twelve more, I never felt at ease when reading this since the author wrote this with so much suspense and tension, and Stefania shared my feelings since she was also living uneasily which led up to the climax and I won't spoil it but it's not anticlimactic (I'm looking at you, fizzling out books...) and it's also a high note. Wow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Antisemitism, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Full trigger warnings: War themes, World War Two, fire, blood depiction, antisemitism, gun and military violence

kalin_grace's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

elisweets's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring sad 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? No

5.0

Such an amazing and heartbreaking story. 
I absolutely loved the writing.
Stefania’s and her groups story is so sad but brave, and I’m happy it was told in such a way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Sexism, Sexual content, Medical content, Trafficking, Medical trauma, and Sexual harassment