Between Shades of Gray

I bought this book ages ago, so of course I never got a chance to read it (I never get to read the books I own because my library stack is always so huge). Until now. I expected to LOVE it, and it is really, really good. I've never read anything about this topic in history, Lina is an awesome character. I especially loved her mother and brother. I thought everything was very realistic. I did, however, have some problems with the story. First, much of the book is the train ride to the first work camp. Then, we make it through the first winter at the second camp and then the book ends. Lina was imprisoned for ten or twelve years. What the hell happened in the other ten years? Second, the letters to Joana and the emphasis on Joana. The bits would appear at the end of the chapter and almost completely rip me out of the story and put me somewhere else and then I had to force myself back into the story line.
Overall, this is a great effort and an excellent historical novel. I'm so glad I finally got around to reading it.