Reviews

We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir by Raja Shehadeh

jamiep's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

jourdanicus's review against another edition

I wanted to give this one a try, but I'm just not connecting with it. Maybe another time. 

vishnu_'s review against another edition

informative medium-paced

3.75

kgroods9's review against another edition

challenging informative sad medium-paced

4.0

at its core, a story about learning who your parents were as people when you reach adulthood and have a new perspective, woven together with a lot of political history about the israeli occupation of palestine

sachahart_logan's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

This was an important read for me. I needed some history behind the ongoing genocide of Palestinian people at the hands of the Israeli government.

sdillon's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

3.5

kyliebloch's review

challenging reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

violetturtledove's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

I often feel strange trying to 'rate' a memoir. It seems weird to take someone's actual experiences and judge them as entertainment. So all I'll say for this one is it was very educational for me and gave me a lot to think about. I find it hard to get my head around some of the political and legal aspects but that's ok, obviously they're a huge part of the story and it's such a complex subject. But the personal history and reflections are something I can connect to and through them I've at least gained a little more understanding.

booksofmyown's review against another edition

challenging sad

4.0

baffledborealis's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.25