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Adania Shibli

4.29 AVERAGE

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced
dark informative tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
dark sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
challenging dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: Complicated
challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark slow-paced
dark
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Originally written in Arabic by Adania Shibli in 2017, its award ceremony was canceled by the Frankfurt Book Fair in October 2023, because of the ongoing genocide being carried out by Israel in Palestine. This decision was made by a German literary association 👊🏼🙂.

One word: groundbreaking!!! 😭😭 I can’t even describe it 🥹 this book only has two parts, and as soon as you get into part two, it’s just pure tension and nothing else! Until the ending that… 🫨🫨 oh well 💔

Honestly, reading this made me feel so much more educated about “what” has been happening—not just what’s happening now, but everything that has happened up to this point (from the Nakba to the present). It’s just heartbreaking. I need a moment to process alias bengong sejenak 😭