The President's Gardens by Muhsin Al-Ramli

The President's Gardens

The President's Gardens & Daughter of the Tigris #1

Muhsin Al-Ramli

290 pages • first pub 2012 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary historical literary
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On the third day of Ramadan, a small village in Iraq wakes to find the severed heads of nine of its sons stacked in banana crates by the bus stop. One of them belonged to one of the most wanted men in Iraq, known to his friends as Ibrahim the Fate...

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Community Reviews Summary of 66 reviews

Moods

dark 100%
sad 61%
emotional 50%
tense 44%
challenging 38%
reflective 33%
informative 27%
adventurous 16%
hopeful 5%
mysterious 5%

Pace

slow 47%
medium 35%
fast 17%

Plot- or character-driven?

A mix: 66% | Plot: 16% | Character: 16%

Strong character development?

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

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 50% | Yes: 42% | No: 7%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 69% | No: 15% | It's complicated: 7% | N/A: 7%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 57% | It's complicated: 28% | No: 7% | N/A: 7%

Average rating

4.17

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