Monday, May 6, 2013
Ruta Sepetys, BETWEEN SHADES OF GRAY
No, this isn't the sexy thriller Fifty Shades of Gray. It's Sepetys's first YA novel, about a 15-year-old girl who is sent to a Siberian camp in 1941. It's well-written and engaging, definitely worth a read; but though the subject matter is harrowing, it didn't tug at me like Out of the Easy (her second).
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Yeah, I feel bad for other authors with book titles similar to that crap (fifty shades of gray) which I refuse to read.
ReplyDeleteAnother example is 'Shades of Grey' by Jasper Fforde (an author I really like), about a super-futuristic world in which people are divided by the color(s) they can see. It's funny and very creative but a bit dark too. And, in any case, surely far superior to the '50 shades.' (though, it wouldn't take much).