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Enter Ghost

Isabella Hammad

4.26 AVERAGE

bookengulfer's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

saskiaball's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Loved this !

walium's review against another edition

4.0

reflective tense slow-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

robertrivasplata's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Novel about a group of Palestinian thespians attempting to stage Hamlet next to the separation wall in Bethlehem. Very much a novel about theatre, so a makes suitable gift for theatre kids. Makes me want to see the plays mentioned: Pierrot Assassin, The Maids, Al-Moharrij (by al-Maghut), and Al-Atmeh (Darkness). Also a novel about being both of a place, but not being from it, or returning to a homeland that one was never from. Also a story about family, memory, and family memories. About the divides and connections between Palestinians on both sides of the Separation Barrier. The Israeli occupation looms over everything, even for the Israeli Arabs, who are at one point described as ghosts who remind the Israelis of the Palestinians driven out during the Nakba, whose homes they occupy. Kind of reminds me of Joe Sacco's Palestine, where he's riding through occupied Palestine in various taxis and friends' cars, talking about relationships. Sonia's status as the person in the family who is the last to know whatever the rest of the family is talking about is very relatable.

fatima_'s review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

annie_lawrence's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

kinetica's review against another edition

4.0

4 stars, maybe 5? i really liked the audiobook reader (sped up to 1.25 was perfect). a woman leaves london to visit her sister in haifa and try to rest from acting and also understand her relationship to palestine. she ends up in a classical arabic language production of hamlet in the west back. "to be or not to be," are those really the only options? i saw this on a random beat of list and ann glad i got it.