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A review by theseasoul
From Sand and Ash by Amy Harmon
dark
emotional
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? Yes
5.0
|| 5 ⭐️ ||
I am weeping!
Something about the way the main characters were written had me devoted to them from the very start (maybe it was the adorable childhood perspectives at the beginning). I was completely invested in both of them, and I couldn’t stop reading. The tense moments had me on the edge of my seat, and the heartbreaking moments made me cry. I was feeling all the things along with them. One of the best, if not the best WWII historical fiction I’ve read this year—after a while they all tend to morph together, but this is a book I will be remembering.
|| Content warnings ||
Around 3 scenes of passionate kissing, one of them a bedroom scene that faded out. A character struggles with lust throughout the whole story. Then of course there’s all the dark tragedies that come with war and the Holocaust: murder, violence, guns, racism & genocide, bodily fluids, and mentions of rape. Suicide.
I am weeping!
Something about the way the main characters were written had me devoted to them from the very start (maybe it was the adorable childhood perspectives at the beginning). I was completely invested in both of them, and I couldn’t stop reading. The tense moments had me on the edge of my seat, and the heartbreaking moments made me cry. I was feeling all the things along with them. One of the best, if not the best WWII historical fiction I’ve read this year—after a while they all tend to morph together, but this is a book I will be remembering.
|| Content warnings ||
Around 3 scenes of passionate kissing, one of them a bedroom scene that faded out. A character struggles with lust throughout the whole story. Then of course there’s all the dark tragedies that come with war and the Holocaust: murder, violence, guns, racism & genocide, bodily fluids, and mentions of rape. Suicide.