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Scorched

Wajdi Mouawad, Linda Gaboriau

4.36 AVERAGE

veineguerre's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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: Complicated

hollyyy's review against another edition

3.5

dark reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

vveryape's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mlnfrdt's review

5.0

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

READ THIS BOOK!!! PLEASE DO IT!!!!!!!!!! AND DONT SPOIL YOURSELF BEFOREHAND JUSTE READ IT!!!!!

i had to read this book for school (i will forever thank my french teacher for it) and i wasnt expecting anything from it but wow. It might be one of the best book ive ever read. Technically its a play not a boon but whatever. The story is mysterious and moving. Theres a weird dark atmosphere surrounding the story and i couldnt understand why until the end. The plot is simple: Jeanne and Simon are twins, their mom just died. While opening her will, they’re told that she wants them to find their brother and their dad. The story is basically the quest of the twins trying to find the truth about their mom, theire family and even themselves.
The book is easy to read cause it keeps you entertained.
I also think its important to read this type of stories cause it takes its inspiration from real life event (here, the Lebanese war). I would say its an hard read because of the violence of certain bits but its true to what happened irl, its authentic.
If i could rate this book higher, i would.

Content Warnings

zadel's review against another edition

"همان‌هایی که خودشان کابوس بودند، از شما می‌ترسیدند. به‌راستی چگونه یک کابوس از کابوس دیگری می‌ترسد؟ شاید انسان‌های خوب و عادلی که پس از ما خواهند آمد بتوانند این معادله را حل کنند."