Between Shades of Gray Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Ruta Sepetys
SCORE
4.5
TOTAL RATINGS
1,219

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys Book Summary

The inspiration for the major motion picture Ashes in the Snow!

"Few books are beautifully written, fewer still are important; this novel is both." --The Washington Post

From New York Times and international bestseller and Carnegie Medal winner Ruta Sepetys, author of Salt to the Sea, comes a story of loss and of fear -- and ultimately, of survival.

A New York Times notable book
An international bestseller
A Carnegie Medal nominee
A William C. Morris Award finalist
A Golden Kite Award winner

Fifteen-year-old Lina is a Lithuanian girl living an ordinary life -- until Soviet officers invade her home and tear her family apart. Separated from her father and forced onto a crowded train, Lina, her mother, and her young brother make their way to a Siberian work camp, where they are forced to fight for their lives. Lina finds solace in her art, documenting these events by drawing. Risking everything, she imbeds clues in her drawings of their location and secretly passes them along, hoping her drawings will make their way to her father's prison camp. But will strength, love, and hope be enough for Lina and her family to survive?

A moving and haunting novel perfect for readers of The Book Thief.

Praise for Between Shades of Gray:

"Superlative. A hefty emotional punch." --The New York Times Book Review

"Heart-wrenching . . . an eye-opening reimagination of a very real tragedy written with grace and heart." --The Los Angeles Times

"At once a suspenseful, drama-packed survival story, a romance, and an intricately researched work of historial fiction." --The Wall Street Journal

* "Beautifully written and deeply felt . . . An important book that deserves the widest possible readership." --Booklist, starred review

“A superlative first novel. A hefty emotional punch.”--The New York Times Book Review

“A brilliant story of love and survival.”--Laurie Halse Anderson, bestselling author of Speak and Wintergirls 

* “Beautifully written and deeply felt…an important book that deserves the widest possible readership.”--Booklist, Starred Review

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Book Name Between Shades of Gray
Genre Historical Fiction for Young Adults
Published
Language English
E-Book Size 6.01 MB

Between Shades of Gray (Ruta Sepetys) Book Reviews 2024

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Worth Reading. I read this book quite a few years ago. I’m reading it again now. I will always love this book.

Beautiful. Beautifully written... This is a captivating novel about the strength of one brave girl. I cannot recommend this book enough.

A needle into my heart. I only had to read a couple pages from the first chapter before I begged my teacher if I could take it home and finish it. After that my eyes stayed only on the pages, flipping each one with delicacy. It tore my heart when I came to the last chapter. I was feeling all these emotions...on one side I was overjoyed. Yet disappointed that there will be no more after the ending. It was up to my imagination to imagine what became of the characters. I never thought I would ever feel this way about a book.

Amazing!. Its such a horrific story told so beautifully. one of my favorites for sure

Love Love Love. It is the best historical fiction book I have ever read. The story went straight to my heart and I will never forget this book. It makes me realize just how much those people had to go through.

Great book.. This book is a great read, Although it discusses horrible events the author still finds a way to make you laugh. I really enjoyed this book! Definitely a good read for History and Romance nerds like myself! Enjoy Loves❤️

Amazing. I absolutely was intrigued the first few chapters you will love this book. I read this in sixth grade as a recommendation by my teacher, I'm re-reading it and "Between Shades Of Gray" will always be my favorite book.

o my god BEST BOOK I EVER READ. This book make me cry so many times. I can’t believe how the ending was bad but still good in a way that I wanted to bawl my eyes out in front of everybody in my class. And I achually did. I was reading the book in class and I just started crying so hard. This book makes you think about how good you really have it. Her mom did everything for her and her brother in til the point of dying. It’s been about a month since I’ve finished the book and I’m still amazed by it. I’m a person that reads only history books that have a person telling the story and tells what there going through. This was the perfect book for me. I gotta say atleast half the boom was in cattle cars on trains but that didn’t mean anything to me bc I Love every second that I read. When her and her lover broke apart and she got sent to such a cold climate it killed her mom and friends I was heart broken. The rock was the thing I always knew would make it to the end. I loved this book to the extent that I could cry again just writing this. Thank you for whoever read all of this and hearing my expression to this fantastic book.

Strong. I'm 13 and the girl reminds me of myself so strong minded and willing to say what she belives! This journey was long and tiring with so many obsticals but she stuck through it. I couldn't put the book down!

My favorite book. This book was SOOO good it made me happy sad excited scared and sad all it once. It is a very powerful boom and TOTALLY worth reading!!

Shallow read. Yawn...... save your money

Life changing. Every human ever needs to read this book. It's amazing and so unbelievably powerful. It's a story that will stay with you forever

I love the book. its so good and I love the plot

Love it. READ IT!!!. I love Ruta Sepetys writing dearly. She can make you feel the suspense and pull you in. It is very easy to get lost in this novel. I absolutely love it! It can be a little dull and then out of nowhere something drastic happens and you're just what!!! Then you just want to keep reading. ❤️❤️

Beautiful. This book was absolutely incredible. I have never been interested in anything even remotely related to history before reading this book, but now, I would have to say it is my by far favorite thing to exist. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who has pleasure in being completely heartbroken and totally in love with the characters all at once.

Amazing. Wow I'm speechless! This book really opens up what really happened under the table. I thought I was just going to read this book for a project for school but it turned into so much more. Thank you for this master piece Ruta Sepetys

Abrupt ending. I loved this book… right up until the end where it just seems to stop. Somewhat disappointed.

Heartwarming chaos. I just finished reading this book from a library and I love it. I'm rereading it and buying it on iBooks too. It's amazing, and tells the ugly truth in a meaningful and emotional way. You laugh and cry the entire way through the book. Definitely worth your time, I couldn't put it down, even after I read it!

Shades between gray. This book is incredibly sad yet amazing. I hardly ever read books but this one is my new favorite book. This book is also very enthusiastic. 5star for sure.

Sad but amazing. I absolutely loved this book!! It was really sad but it was a great story. I wonder to this day about Andrius 🤨😂

LOVED IT. I was only 12 when I read this book but I felt all of the emotion and feelings that she went through it was really touching for just a young girl like me.

Amazing Book, I really enjoyed it.. This book really touches your heart. I’m a very slow reader but this was a breeze to read through but so enjoyable. The things these people when through is absolutely horrendous. I can’t believe that I didn’t know much about what was happening in Russia at this time. The only problem I had with the book was the ending. It felt very rushed and very hallmark. I wanted more details but still it’s a very beautiful story and I highly recommend it.

#bestbookever!. I had to read this in my class and was immediately captured. This book is extremely good and is by far my favorite book too!

Love it but. Love is but I still don’t get the ending! Is there another book to it if there is then someone please tell me about it! I love this book and is so sad and good! I recommend it to all my friends when we go to the library to get books because everyone tells me I’m a good book picker for people, lol but anyways I love this book so much! I might buy myself a copy of this book instead of just rereading it over in the library!

Amazing. I couldn’t have loved this book more, it’s so emotional and powerful that I think about it so much. A part of me wishes I could live in this time period to truly experience what they did. The author did so well and has so many details it’s like I’m reliving history.

Five Stars. Never cried so much.

Between the shades of gray.. When reading this book you will not find any enlightenment by all means but that not something to particularly want to read into or look for in such a book like this, you anticipate the death and the truth of it all during such time and this book gives exactly what you are looking for. It is one of my favorite books.

I love this book!. I read it a little while ago and it's one of my favorites! It's very powerful, I could read the book a hundred times and I would still get emotional while reading it!

Read it!!!. I am currently in the middle of the book and its amazing! I do not want to stop reading!!! I love how it sometimes leaves u in suspense! Like when all of a sudden there's no Andrius. I love this book so much! MUST READ💕

Between Shades of Gray. I read this book and I’m 11. I don’t think you need to be a young adult to understand all the emotions Lithuanians were going through at that time. This book is BY FAR my favorite book ever! It’s a must read for everyone! Loved it!!

BEST BOOK I'VE EVER READ. Please read this book when you have the chance. At first it was just a choice for my high school summer reading, but now I don't regret choosing this one from the selections. It's full of emotion, teen romance, and everything amazing. It's definitely worth the read. It made me smile and cry. Thank you Ruta Sepetys!

The best book I’ve ever read!!!. It is about a teenager and she falls in love and has to move a lot of places in a little train car. If you like a good cry, I totally recommend it

Reports. This was the most moving book I have ever read. I really felt like the character in the story. It was family, survival and love all rolled into one. Honestly, I am a young student and when the teacher assigned this to us I thought it wasn't going to be well-written. I was very wrong because I cried and laughed and I felt scared at the same time. Please share this book, it would be one of the best books you will ever read.

Wow.... This book is a story that needed to be told. I learned so much from this book and it really hit me hard. It’s a story that everyone needs to hear and learn about, because this represents a chapter of our history that we just can’t ignore. Just... wow.

Mother died. What page Is that on ik it’s in chapter 80.

Best Book ;)). It was amazing book!!!

Between Shades of Grey. This book is one of the amazing books I’ve read about the Holocaust. I Truro love this book. It is one of the greatest books I’ve read.

So sad. At first I was a little confused and I didn't know what to think of it and now that I finished it it's amazing and I laughed and cried what a great journey

Between Shades of Gray. AMAZING - feels like you are a character in the book being tortured to this extent. Very descriptive ... I'm not one who ever reads and to be honest I finished this in less then 48 hours.. THIS BOOK IS A MUST READ!

A great book. An amazing read, everyone should read this.

Between Shades of Gray. Oh my gosh this book is a must read!! I can't tell you how much I love this book and you will to. The only thing I will say is that I was hoping to find out more about how when and where Lina and Andries found each other. Other than that it is an amazing book and an amazing read!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Inspirational. It is amazing how something not moving, breathing, or alive and connect with a person so much that the characters feelings fell like your own. How when the character loses it feels the reader with emptiness. And how when the character feels hope it fells you with a inspirational fullness. And Ruta Sepetys has done just that.

Great Read. I read this book quite a few years ago but i thoroughly enjoyed the story that was being told

Heartbreakingly Beautiful.. This is a beautifully written novel that eloquently captures the horrific deportation of men, women, and children by Stalin’s Soviet Union.

My favorite book!. This book is so incredible! I recommend reading this book! What’s one of the most fascinating thing about this is that it’s true! And that’s just bitter sweet!

WONDERFUL! POWERFUL. I didn't actually download the book. It was in paperback. It was absolutely powerful and heart stoping! I have been recommending this book at my recent book fair. A ton of kids are buying this book. It was an extremely powerful force for the soul. It is a book to read. Be sure not to get it confused with 50 Shades of Gray.

Great book. I would highly recommend this book

Between Shades of Grey. This book is amazing. It brought me to tears. If only all people could understand that war is not only about tanks, bombs, and guns, but that it's so awful and affects everyone... Military, men, women, children, everything.

Between shades of gray. This book is the best book u will ever read! It is touching n heart warming. This story is beautiful,sad and perfect! U will not regret reading it! This is my favorite book and i have read it 4 times but im still so intrested in the book! It makes me cry at some part but its fantastic!

Great baseline but execution was sloppy. I read Salt to the sea first and loved it, so I thought I would try another book by this author but I was let down by the plotline. I thought the plotline could have included more character development and with a more significant and understandable and ending. I thought the ending was very anti-climatic and poorly summed up the great book that it started out to be. I thought the ending was written to fast and it was poorly explained. Well the initial idea of a great book was there I thought the characters were lacking in the quality that makes them real. When reading this book I do not feel come alive around me I felt like I couldn't imagine what was happening and I felt the story was nothing more than just words on the paper. I also found the protagonist to be very unlikable. While I can’t begin to imagine what she went through the book was about nothing more than her suffering and the destruction of her world, in the end I found myself skimming the pages just to finish and lay it to rest. True ply great book doesn’t leave you with that.

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Awesome. Such a good book, well written ! Awesome

Best book!. I read this book in 3 days. I was addicted to it, I'm going to read it again soon!

Loved it. Still do.. Well written and refreshingly or not so refreshingly realistic. If you don't want to or haven't yet read it, you have no idea what awesomeness you are missing out on.

LOVED IT!. This is one of my favourite books! Well written. This is an amazing story of Lina. Love this book. (You may also like, In My Enemy's House)

Anything Can Happen. This book perfectly captures the horror and sadness of what the Soviet Union did. It also looks a little into the Holocaust through the life of a young girl trapped in the middle of it. What is so endearing about this book is how there is a somewhat happy ending, like the "Titanic" or, if you've seen it, "The Boy In The Stripped Pajamas."

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Summary of Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

The Between Shades of Gray book written by Ruta Sepetys was published on 22 March 2011, Tuesday in the Historical Fiction for Young Adults category. A total of 1,219 readers of the book gave the book 4.5 points out of 5.

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