449 reviews for:

Heart Lamp: Selected Stories

Banu Mushtaq

3.76 AVERAGE

cherrybird's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny sad medium-paced

rachlincs's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

samikoonjones's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

somx's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

julias_booknook's review against another edition

3.25

dark

noorkhurana's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mpullar's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment

nazarin's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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Be a Woman Once, Oh Lord!

lizardking_no1's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

dansheikhed's review against another edition

4.0

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Stepping into short story world after quite a while and this was wonderful. The protagonists are instantly compelling, the stories wind down paths unexpected, and the translation captures a certain specificity in the idiom perfectly.