Frozen by Mary Casanova
Young Adult historical fiction
published by,University
Of Minnesota Press
I really liked the character of Sadie Rose, she is a tough
cookie but I also liked that we saw this softer side as her memories of when
she was young came crashing down on her, the memories of the night her mother
died and she almost froze to death in a snowbank but that night she not only
lost her mother but her voice too but that was eleven years ago and now Sadie
is having flashes of both memory and voice and the memories are not at all what
she expected.
Of course you kind of have a little inkling of the truth
behind what happened to Sadie’s mother but I didn’t care I wanted to see how
the story played out. I liked Sadie’s journey from mute half prisoner to
talking woman of the world. The awful truths about herself and her mother and
father could have easily done a person in but not Sadie Rose they only made her
stronger. I loved the other characters in this especially Hans & Aasta they
were my favorites. My only small problem with the story is I’m not sure at the
end if (hmm how do I saw this without a spoiler) …if things would have worked
out so quickly or would more of a fight been put up or that that was enough “justice”
for her parents. ( Read the book and hopefully that sentence will make sense to
you).
This was a great young adult historical fiction set not that
far from my home I thought the author did a great job at evoking the time and
place in this book I just think the ending will be a problem for some people (I
was a little iffy on it myself) but overall I enjoyed this book and would read
others by this author as I very much enjoyed her writing. This would have been
a solid 4 but the ending felt a bit rushed and not as believable as I had
hoped.
3 ½ stars
I received this book from netgalley & University Of
Minnesota Press for a fair and unbiased review
See my musings here about Out of the Easy by, Ruta Sepetys
and Frozen by, Mary Casanova being great companion pieces.
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