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3.93 AVERAGE

emotional inspiring slow-paced
slow-paced
dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous emotional informative sad medium-paced
adventurous informative inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous hopeful relaxing 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
adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.5 really because the last 100 pages were wild like what the actual heck ???

A nice gentle read (quite slow at times) but also I'm confused about a few things and maybe you're supposed to be, but also please explain these random twists in the narrative..

Anyways good vibes, Balaban was so iconic for absolutely no good reason. Real chaotic neutral. In my reality (and probably his) Balaban was actually the main character, not Jahan.

Elif Shafak's character driven narratives are compelling, interesting and an oddly immersive experience. She remains one of my favorite authors.

Okay that's it! no more Elif shafak for me now.