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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
Wonderful and heartfelt prose describing the daily life of a Palestinian girl. Ethereal writing.
adventurous
challenging
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Adania's writing is fluid as a river, flowing through you and carrying you to the next sentence in a seamless manner.
the story is about a young palestinian girl's life and instances in her daily life through her eyes. she experiences love, attends a funeral, sees a hanged man, but doesn't grasp fully the depth of the things she's witnessing. her innocence and naive look on life makes us pause and reflect on the effects of trauma inflected on little kids and how they are trying to understand it with their limited language and undeveloped skills.
very short novella that can be read in a day, which is what i did.
the story is about a young palestinian girl's life and instances in her daily life through her eyes. she experiences love, attends a funeral, sees a hanged man, but doesn't grasp fully the depth of the things she's witnessing. her innocence and naive look on life makes us pause and reflect on the effects of trauma inflected on little kids and how they are trying to understand it with their limited language and undeveloped skills.
very short novella that can be read in a day, which is what i did.
challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
reflective
sad
fast-paced
challenging
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
challenging
emotional
slow-paced
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicide
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
This was beautifully written and I'll definitely be rereading as I feel like there were so many subtilties that I missed on. I love how the author writes in all of her stories and the prose like style, and the use of a child's POV. lots to rant and rave about this book. <3
reflective
slow-paced
This book was one of the most unique books I have ever read. It felt more like I was reading a writing exercise than an actual story, which may sound like a bad thing but in this case is absolutely not. The writing was nothing short of beautiful. It was lyrical yet concise, emotional yet minimalist. It is impossible to not be fully, deeply immersed in the story. I loved how the author broke a person’s entire life down into such small, tangible moments. The organization was also unexpected, broken down more by sense than by chronology. Yet there was a still a conclusion that gave the story a semblance of a conventional plot. Of course, due to the abstract nature of the book I was left with so many questions I desperately wanted answers to. But overall, it felt like reading a dream after you have just woken up, when you are trying to hang onto the fading dream and only getting bits and pieces, some in focus, some blurred. That is the best way I can think to describe reading this book, and I highly recommending reading this not once but at least twice.
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Suicide
Minor: War