A Girl Called Eel by Ali Zamir
A Girl Called Eel

Ali Zamir

A Girl Called Eel

Ali Zamir with Aneesa Abbas Higgins (Translator)

320 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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Anguille is a 17-year-old girl who leaves her rock on the archipelago of Comoros to lose herself at sea. She drifts between two states of mind and between two islands 'in a hollow maze', evoking her memories so as to forget nothing and so as to de...

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Community Reviews Summary of 34 reviews

Moods

challenging 66%
reflective 66%
mysterious 33%
dark 25%
emotional 25%
sad 25%
tense 25%
relaxing 8%

Pace

slow 53%
medium 46%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 63% | A mix: 36%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 50% | No: 33% | Yes: 16%

Loveable characters?

No: 41% | It's complicated: 41% | N/A: 8% | Yes: 8%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 41% | It's complicated: 25% | Yes: 25% | N/A: 8%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 50% | It's complicated: 33% | No: 8% | N/A: 8%

Average rating

3.32

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