Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

34 reviews

ksreads14's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring fast-paced

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

4.75

I loved this book. there wasn’t a time that I was bored while reading it. I think Ruta did an amazing job writing it. The way she can make all the puzzle pieces click together when she’s writing about four different perspectives is remarkable. I learned so much about WWll and the Gustloff, which i had.   No idea existed. Would absolutely recommend!!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Blood

Minor: Rape, Torture, and Sexual harassment

viaanne's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Rape, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

celery's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

rebeccaisabelle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative sad 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? Yes

3.5

The reading pace was quite fast for this book. I got to learn about periods of history I didn't know before such as

the sinking of the Willem Gustoff. I also loved the relationship between Florian and Joana. However, overall, I found that the book was sad. Characters I didn't expect to pass away, passed away, those such as Ingrid, the shoe poet, Alfred, and Emilia. Emilia's death was the saddest of them all because I really thought she'd make it but I guess that just points to the fact that many people died in that catastrophe. I'm glad that Joana, Florian and Klaus got a happy ending though. I would have liked to hear more about where Eva ended up or if Florian and Joana ever found their respective families.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Moderate: Body horror, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Rape, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

themichellegray's review against another edition

challenging sad medium-paced

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

3.0

A beautifully written yet heartbreaking historical fiction that captured a part of WW2 I'd never learned about before. While I appreciate this book, I simultaneously struggled with the pacing and sadly never became fully invested in any of the MC's due to the storytelling format. Despite my personal reading struggles, this story is so important and the author's note perfectly sums up why:

History divided us, but through reading we can be united in story, study, and remembrance. Books join us together as a global reading community, but more important, a global human community striving to learn from the past.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Genocide, Rape, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

madeline_schmidt20's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death

kenny_2288's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

fluture's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

A heart wrenching book taken from a true tragedy during World War II. I admire how Ruta can depict the situation and horror during the war with her words. Most parts gave me the shivers and goosebumps. It's a really good book to be read for those who like history fiction.

The point of view were taken from four different people with different characteristics yet it wouldn't confuse you to read it. Every chapter flows just like a river and very enjoyable to read. A page-turner book, beautiful yet tragic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Antisemitism, and Grief

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Vomit, and Stalking

sarahlove6's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative 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? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Death, Genocide, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

lexluth0r's review against another edition

emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Yet another masterful work by Ruta Sepetys. I think this one was the hardest one for me to read, solely because of the amount of child death that takes place. It is a powerful book about the largest maritime disaster in history, the attack upon and sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff. This story is told from four points of view; three refugees and one German sailor. The different points of view were very interesting in order to understand the history of the characters, as well as their struggles. I loved this book, and it left me thinking about it for hours after I finished it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, Medical content, and War