Reviews tagging 'War'

Between Shades of Gray: The Graphic Novel by Andrew Donkin, Ruta Sepetys

5 reviews

haleybre's review

dark hopeful reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Pregnancy, Deportation, Murder, Police brutality, Alcohol, Child death, Sexual harassment, Chronic illness, Blood, Death of parent, Confinement, Child abuse, Slavery, and War

aqtbenz's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, War, Xenophobia, Death, Deportation, Violence, and Death of parent

ashylibrarian's review

challenging dark emotional informative 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

4.25

I was so excited to read the graphic novel adaptation of one of my favorite books. I loved experiencing the story in a new format, though I will say I wish some sections of the book were a little longer. 

The illustrations were beautiful and truly captured the emotions being portrayed from the words, but also those in which words were not used. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and War

destdest's review

dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, and War

foreverinastory's review

challenging emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

Thank you to Penguin Teen & Netgalley for an eARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

Books like Between Shades of Gray are incredibly important. This book was the first time I learned about the deportation of the Baltic States by the USSR. Sepetys masterfully depicts the horrific events in a way that makes the trauma these people faced real, while also never losing hope. This book is hard to read because it completely humanizes these experiences. There is no way to look at the events in this book and think they're justified.

I loved the way this was adapted for graphic novels! This will bring Lina's story to so many more people. I think this will only impact more people to be more empathetic. I really loved Lina. She was such a strong character and she always sticks to her convictions. Her story is one that won't ever leave me.

CWs: Antisemitism, blood, child abuse, child death, confinement, death, death of parent, genocide, grief, gun violence, kidnapping, injury/injury detail, murder, violence, war, xenophobia.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, War, Kidnapping, and Xenophobia