My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
Cilka’s Journey was one of those books that just makes you think. When you read about everything that happened to Cilka, you cannot help to wonder: How is this possible? How can a person survive this? Nevertheless, Cilka did, and we know it is not just a fictional character or a sugarcoated story that will have a happy ending. It is a real story and its realness can sometimes be hard to process but reading about Cilka and her strength is something not to be missed.
Sometimes I ask myself why I do like reading sad books and it is not that I like suffering, but I believe we need to know the stories of those who survived and even those who didn’t to fully understand how lucky we are. Moreover, to remember there is cruelty in this world but there is also a silver lining and good people out there.
Cilka’s Journey was a great book, a unique story told with beautiful words. I have yet to read The Tattooist of Auschwitz, but I couldn’t let the opportunity of reading Cilka’s story go. I will certainly read Morris’ first book soon.
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2 comments:
Mari, pronto tendré este libro en mis manos y me alegra que te haya gustado porque eso quiere decir que probablemente a mi también me va a gustar :) Te recomiendo mucho El tatuador de Auschwitz, también me llegó al corazón.
Besos!
Ya lo subí en mi pila de libros, espero leerlo el próximo mes. Ojalá te guste Cilka's Journey ;)
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