4.35 AVERAGE

adventurous hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
emotional sad
dark hopeful inspiring reflective 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
adventurous challenging dark informative reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

New favourite book and author. What a voice!
informative medium-paced

3.5/5

I wanted to love this. The novel explores a narrative that is missing in western literature, but the execution ultimately fell flat for me. The book flips between the POV of a grandmother and her granddaughter, but the characters’ development was so lacking that perspective flips were almost indiscernible. To me, the novel read as series of terrible events rather than the story of a family and a people.
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced