It has made me read several other articles and even talk to my father about those days. The thing I loved best was learning about Romania, it's evil, greedy and unscrupulous dictator and learning how much Romanians endured under his regime. This feeling of being watched and always being so cautious and nervous really comes across these pages.Ĥ.
You also really understand (the best you can) about living in a world where you can't really trust anyone because you never know who's a spy/insider. You feel like you are there in Romania, fighting the bitter cold, standing in long lines for provisions and you feel every fear and every worry these characters feel. As always I enjoyed the writing immensely and the way this time period and this world and it's muted colours and struggles are brought to life is commendable. And reading it was made especially moving because reading about people fighting tyranny and oppression is never ever easy, now or otherwise.ģ. Reading it was startling, mainly because I knew so little (if at all) about this chapter in history.
With everything that's happening in the world, in Europe especially this book felt even more relevant and poignant. My timing reading this book was either perfect or not. I think I've reviewed all of her books barring maybe one, her last one.Ģ. You can read about my thoughts on them HERE. Seriously, before we even begin I'd recommend all her wonderful books. So I knew I would love this book and I was so happy to jump into it. In short books are nothing short of an experience that lives on long after you've turned the last page. I am always happy and excited to read her brilliant books and learn from them, because she takes you to a part of the world and a period of time that will teach you something new and make you sit and think long and hard about it.
She is one of writers who's an auto-buy for me. I have read and loved everything Ruta Sepetys has ever written. He eagerly joins the revolution to fight for change when the time arrives.
He’s left with only two choices: betray everyone and everything he loves-or use his position to creatively undermine the most notoriously evil dictator in Eastern Europe.Ĭristian risks everything to unmask the truth behind the regime, give voice to fellow Romanians, and expose to the world what is happening in his country. Seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu dreams of becoming a writer, but Romanians aren’t free to dream they are bound by rules and force.Īmidst the tyrannical dictatorship of Nicolae Ceaușescu in a country governed by isolation and fear, Cristian is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer. Communist regimes are crumbling across Europe.
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