Start - Finish Read : July 31st - August 2nd, 2018
Bought From : Buku Kita (Online)
Date : July 18th, 2018
Price : IDR 63.580
My Summary :
World War II is drawing to a close in East Prussia and thousands of refugees are on a desperate trek toward freedom, many with something to hide. Among them are Joana, Emilia, and Florian, whose paths converge en route to the ship that promises salvation, the Wilhelm Gustloff. Forced by circumstances to unite, the three find their strength, courage, and trust in each other tested with each step closer to safety.
Just when it seems freedom is within their grasp, tragedy strikes. Not country, nor culture, nor status matter as all ten thousand people--adults and children alike--aboard must fight for the same thing: survival.
*Source : From Goodreads
My Letter:
Dear Fellow Readers,
Again, one of reasons why I wanted to pick this book is because of Bookstagram. It was almost everywhere for a while but I don't know why I didn't pick it up. But then I found out that Elex Media translated to Bahasa Indonesia and I thought 'why not?' so, here I am.
Historical fiction is one of genre that I enjoy occasionally and I didn't expect that I would feel what I feel right now after finish the book. I started this book with no expectation, to be fair, I just know from many of those who have read Salt to the Sea that it's gonna be an emotional read. I consider myself as a stone-heart reader, though I didn't cry but I was broken hearted. It didn't take me a long time to get into it and I might won't be able to put it down. But life (aka my kids) gotten in the way and I had to.
The vibes in Salt to the Sea is shrouded in misery, it was just so tense and full of terror that anything could happen and when it did, it happened so fast. I feel exhausted because it was just one tragedy after another tragedy.
The story has been told in 4 different POVs of the 4 main characters. I think the most interesting part from Salt to the Sea is the characters's background story. Ruta Sepetys manages to bring the side characters become so loveable and makes it hard to say goodbye to. Jump from one POV to another POV also makes it such a fast pace reads.
Anyway, I can't really say much about the writing because I didn't read it in its original language. But the plot is beautifully constructed. Unfortunately when the story reach its climax, it came so fast and so short but however it was still wrecked me.
Dear Ruta Sepetys,
I'm so glad that you expand upon the characters's story (either main and side characters). And as you unravels the layers of the characters, I got engage with them and I flew through it. I was hoping there will be more of romance of certain characters and I found it hard to get into Alfred's character. You also have created number of scenes that I will think about long after finishing the book. Sadly, I feel the ending so abrupt and didn't execute gracefully. But thank you for wrote this book. You explored the details of the war in really thought-provoking ways. There was just so much of the WW II that I never heard of until I read this. And I googled them to find out more and I was like, "why did I never hear about this?" So yeah, your book really inspired me and make me feel so grateful to be where I am now.
♥
Mima
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