Sarah's Key

by Tatiana De Rosnay

[readingwithwrin]

“You get attached to places, you know. Like people, I suppose.”

In the past few years I've really grown to love books that follow two different time periods. In Sarah's Key we follow Sarah from 1942 and Julia from 2002. With this being my second time reading the book I knew the story and was able to look for little things throughout the book that I missed the first time. I noticed so much more about both of their stories and even though I knew what was going to happen, I still hoped for a better outcome.

Sarah's story is the one that always breaks my heart. It's one of a sister trying to protect her sibling and it going so so wrong. Making her families situation that much more difficult for her parents to deal with. Sarah will always feel guilty about it, she will carry that burden forever, even hiding it from her family.

Julia's story being in present day means that most people have forgotten somewhat what happened in the past, infact until the first time I read this book I didn't even know that France had been apart of this. It also shows the lengths people will go to to try and make themselves look better in the face of tragedy when they know they've done something wrong. The connection this story has to her family and how her husband treats the whole thing is sad. Obviously the husband is dealing with some stuff and isn't wanting past things to be brought up and doesn't want to deal with it and how his father will react to it.

Overall I always enjoy reading this book and seeing how things change over time and how history can sometimes be forgotten until a moment brings it back. I love how many people this story connects and how Julia's friends are supportive of her even when her husband isn't.

As for the book to movie part, I enjoyed the movie and it stuck pretty close to the book in my opinion. But it's not one of my favorites for some reason and I can't figure out why.

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