Scan barcode
anka_not_anchor's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Alcoholism, War, Death of parent, and Drug use
Minor: Suicide
cedardleland's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Violence, and Animal death
Moderate: Suicide and Death of parent
caleb_makes's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Death of parent, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Drug use, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Death, Abortion, and Alcoholism
Minor: Islamophobia, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Medical content, Racism, Religious bigotry, War, Abandonment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, Cultural appropriation, and Cursing
bookstorian's review against another edition
5.0
'The Island of Missing Trees' spans across decades, oceans and ecosystems to tell the story of two teenagers Kostas and Defne who met on the island of Cyprus and their daughter Ada who his never visited the Island of her heritage.
Every time I picked up this book I was utterly swept away, the poetic nature, the captivating nature of the narrative, even the perspective of a fig tree and wealth of historical fiction littered throughout the pages took my bookish heart by force. I felt tied to the characters, their trials and triumphs and adored the infusion of food, culture as well as the deep connection to nature. The ending also could not have been more perfect.
This book also explores intergenerational trauma and the impacts of what that trauma, when combined with many others can do to a person and completely swept me off my feet right until the last page.
Moderate: Death of parent, War, and Child death
lynneliu's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Xenophobia
Moderate: Colonisation, Death, Grief, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Hate crime, Homophobia, War, and Violence
Minor: Animal death, Pregnancy, Gun violence, and Suicide
lanid's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Minor: Animal death, Colonisation, Grief, Abortion, Alcoholism, Child death, Death of parent, and Hate crime
ambero's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Moderate: Death of parent and Death
ciaomara's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Colonisation, Death of parent, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Violence, Grief, and War
whatannikareads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
the writing is equally as beautiful. it’s one of those books where it’s evident how much research was put into it. i’m very appreciative to have been introduced to cypriot culture through this book. the prose is thoughtful and informative. i really enjoyed the narrative sections, and at first i enjoyed the perspective from the fig tree, but towards the end it annoyed me a little because it would interject the plot and it sometimes didn’t feel like it added anything; it was filler information about trees. while informative, it also made me want to get back to narrative.
i also don’t know if i loved the way ada was written? i understand she’s a teenager lacking some emotional control, but it felt like the other characters were 3D and she was written two dimensionally. she was one of the main character but i struggled to empathize with her because (maybe i’m just an adult now lol) she was just annoying and had an attitude the whole time!
overall though i think this is an important book that highlights history and culture i might not have known of otherwise!
Moderate: Abortion, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Pregnancy, Racism, Suicide, War, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death of parent, and Death
leaelsie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Alcoholism, Addiction, Abortion, War, Violence, Homophobia, and Grief