The President's Gardens by Muhsin Al-Ramli, Luke Leafgren

The President's Gardens

Muhsin Al-Ramli, Luke Leafgren

384 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective sad slow-paced
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The President's Gardens is an epic novel about Saddam Hussein's Iraq, following the lives of three friends from the beginning of the Iran-Iraq War to the aftermath of the American invasion.Abdullah loses twenty years to Iranian captivity before re...

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Community Reviews Summary of 62 reviews

Moods

dark 100%
sad 58%
emotional 47%
tense 47%
challenging 41%
reflective 35%
informative 29%
adventurous 17%
hopeful 5%
mysterious 5%

Pace

slow 43%
medium 37%
fast 18%

Plot- or character-driven?

A mix: 63% | Character: 18% | Plot: 18%

Strong character development?

Yes: 92% | It's complicated: 7%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 46% | Yes: 46% | No: 7%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 66% | No: 16% | It's complicated: 8% | N/A: 8%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 61% | It's complicated: 23% | N/A: 7% | No: 7%

Average rating

4.17

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