Reviews

The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak

swarley's review

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

jarailuca44's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

lottesofie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

everywheretoni's review

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

caitlinking's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

This was such a beautifully written book! 

lauracs6's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

marakb's review

reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Too many metaphors, yet some nice takeaways and a sad and pretty story

libbyhisted's review

emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

ruthrebecca's review against another edition

I'm just not feeling this book. I can't figure out if it's the audio book or the material that just doesn't call to me. I spent hours today with headphones on walking around and not once did I feel the urge to listen to the audio book. 
My rule is, if I'm over 100 pages and I'm not interested, then I put a book down. Otherwise I risk putting myself into a slump. 
I don't know if I'll pick this book up in future, I really expected to love it. Maybe it's my current mind set that's making me less interested in it... I really don't know if I'll come back to it, remains to be seen. 
A soft dnf. 

brodiesbookshelf's review

dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0