A review by jmitchell20
The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak

emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Thought the idea of one of the narrators being a tree was very original. But I thought Ada was written as a 80-year-old teenager. Very clunky dialogue from her, but otherwise I enjoyed the plot and the different relationships and the history of Cyprus I had no knowledge about previous. 
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