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A Bottle in the Gaza Sea by Valérie Zenatti

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_liesl_'s review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

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

3.75

I had to read this for school and didn’t really know what to expect. I guess since I put the bar pretty low it just allowed me to enjoy the book a lot more.
I’ve never really read about this topic but I think this was just a beautiful story that shows how the people involved in the conflict really can’t help it, and that both sides just wanted peace and freedom.

The plottwist left me kind of in a confused state because I didn’t really know what to think.

readwithpassion's review

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3.0

I liked this book a lot because it dealt with a new topic for me. I couldn't decide between three and four stars, as I liked the book a lot, but I didn't "really like it." I found the ending to be slightly unrealistic. The characters were interesting, but they didn't come alive for me. In the end, I loved reading about the topic of this book, and I wanted to like it more. The writing didn't feel sophisticated enough for me. The narrator, a 17-year-old, writes in first person, but I feel like she writes and acts more like a 13-year-old.

sveni's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.25

This story gives the reader an idea of what terror and military occupation does to the people of Israel and Gaza, of how their history has them stuck in a viscous circle of hate and retaliation. But aside from that the story feels flat and the ending seemed very sudden, like the author lost interest halfway through the story.

samanthie's review against another edition

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5.0

ce livre m’a détruit. J’ai que pleuré au dernier chapitre, je l’ai lu en quelque jours et je me suis tellement attaché à le livre que j’ai trop pleuré.

L’histoire est trop belle, les charactères, je les adore, je ne sais pas comment décrire mes sentiments pour ce livre. Il était magnifique, la relation entre les deux ados est juste trop belle.

p.s. je devais le lire pour mon cours de français et je suis trop heureuse que ma prof a choisi celui ci.