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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
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:
No
adventurous
emotional
informative
inspiring
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
This is a story about a 12 year old girl named Nour who lives in Syria and her and her family have to escape from war and bombing and about a story on a girl named Rawiya who was a mapmakers apprentice. Nour follows the same path that Rawiya took many years ago. It is a story of heartbreak, family, and finding home. This wasn’t my favorite book that I have read and it took me a while to get through it. The part about Nour and her family was more interesting to me than the part about Rawiya, so I just wanted to get to the part about Nour. I felt like the book was really really slow paced which I didn’t like. There was a lot of imagery and talking in colors which I found to just be too much and I just wanted to know what was really going on. Overall, the message was good but wasn’t my favorite book.
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
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:
No
It's a powerful and beautiful story nested within a story. Framed stories usually end up having one of them being quite weak (in my opinion, or at least in the ones I've read) that I don't usually enjoy them, but I'm glad that this is an exception.
Nour's story is heart-wrenching, painful, yet hopeful at the same time, and Rawiya's one tells of a strong and brave woman in search of the map within her. I think all books, all collections of words, they tell a different story in each one of us, they touch us and change us in different ways. And then they reside in us, becoming a part of us, but within each individual, they all have a different place, they nourish us in a different way.
Nour's story is heart-wrenching, painful, yet hopeful at the same time, and Rawiya's one tells of a strong and brave woman in search of the map within her. I think all books, all collections of words, they tell a different story in each one of us, they touch us and change us in different ways. And then they reside in us, becoming a part of us, but within each individual, they all have a different place, they nourish us in a different way.
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
I wanted to like this more. I tend to not love any novel that has two separate storylines; inevitably one is much better, so I find myself impatiently rushing through one to get back to the one I like better. So there’s that.
But when I finished the book, I felt a bit let down. The author is a good writer, and the stories of modern-day refugees need to be told. Unfortunately, this story felt like it was told from a distance; I couldn’t get my arms around it and really feel the impact of the events on the characters. These stories need to feel like a gut punch to be effective, you know?
This is a debut novel; I expect this author will grow. I would read what she writes next.
But when I finished the book, I felt a bit let down. The author is a good writer, and the stories of modern-day refugees need to be told. Unfortunately, this story felt like it was told from a distance; I couldn’t get my arms around it and really feel the impact of the events on the characters. These stories need to feel like a gut punch to be effective, you know?
This is a debut novel; I expect this author will grow. I would read what she writes next.
adventurous
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes