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A review by monicalaurette
My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird: New Fiction by Afghan Women by Maryam Mahjoba
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-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
4.5
I fully enjoyed this collection of short stories and found myself wishing that so many more of them were longer so that I could have read even more of those stories. Highly recommend this to anyone wanting to read more books by Afghani women.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Grief, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Islamophobia, Medical trauma, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, War, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail