celery09 's review for:

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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It was heartbreaking and real. The writing was very well done and it allowed for emotion, love, hope to mix in with the terror and trauma that Salama experiences. There are only a few things I would change, but it was a very good read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, War, Injury/Injury detail