Reviews - The Storyteller of Casablanca

287 reviews for:

The Storyteller of Casablanca

Fiona Valpy

4.05 AVERAGE

hanelizadeee's review against another edition

3.0

mysterious sad 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

belka2's review against another edition

5.0

Love that book.

evergreenvt's review against another edition

2.0

An interesting idea, but not very well written, unfortunately. The author has a lot of lines that feel like forced revelations of the symbolism she was trying to convey. Character development was weak and the characters from past and present had less in common than I would have expected. I had high hopes for this book, but unfortunately, I was disappointed.

cpereda's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-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

foxclaw6's review against another edition

4.0

Drove me nuts. The story within a story is an effective vehicle for storytelling and these two stories had a great parallel but holy hell, I despised Zoe! What a dolt!! That was all I kept thinking; and yet I knew that once the character arched I would develop more respect for her but it didn’t come until last few pages and it couldn’t take away the damage done. She just rubbed me the wrong way from beginning. It happens

eobehrens's review against another edition

3.0

WWII time frame set in Casablanca that flipped back and forth with a modern time frame. I liked that the author shows us another part of the world impacted by WWII (often it is only Europe that is thought of as being impacted by WWII). I also liked the refugee part of the modern storyline. I didn't care for the main character featured in the modern storyline.