923 reviews for:

The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After

Clemantine Wamariya, Elizabeth Weil

4.25 AVERAGE

cassiekenedy's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

ryndleto's review against another edition

5.0

dark tense fast-paced

figmentlady's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

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A very serious journey into the physical and emotional destruction of self that war brings. Hard to read, but not really graphic.

chloenot's review against another edition

challenging informative

gretchenv's review against another edition

3.0

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In general, I'm not fond of memoirs, especially those written by young adults. This was better than some.

syds_shelves's review against another edition

4.0

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Clemantine provided a hell of a narrative about being a refugee that I had never considered before. I enjoyed how she also showed her adult struggles that came as a result of the war and genocide she had to escape as a child. Pacing was a little weird - I personally don't know that the back and forth switches between her being a child and an adult worked for more than 1/4 of the book. Some parts lagged and became repetitive. It's difficult with incredible stories like these because lives and experiences can be had, but not everyone is a good author necessarily.

_emefa's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

ghostlights's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

vfrench's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional medium-paced

christinamoore's review against another edition

4.0

informative medium-paced