A review by lindentea
Ghost Season by Fatin Abbas

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This was insane to read. It caught me completely by surprise — I didn’t think much at first and then BAM I was so invested in everything and couldn’t put it down. It’s also crazy that this is a debut?? Because the writing was really beautiful without being like overly flowery or pretentious, all the characters were really beautifully realized, and just like the whole building of atmosphere and the emotion of it all….. just chef’s kiss. I kept being absorbed in this instead of studying like I had told myself and I love when a book does that. At the end I sobbed my eyes out when

when the compound got raided and they found the guns and William took the fall for Mustafa

and I sobbed my eyes out when

the ceasefire got signed and William and Layla had their wedding and everyone was so happy and I was so hopeful that it was gonna last

and I especially sobbed my eyes out over breakfast when I should have been headed to the library an hour ago at the very end when

they killed William at his wedding AT HIS OWN GODDAMN WEDDING and everyone still had to disperse after, and they argued about which cemetery to bury him in just like with the dead body in the beginning, and Layla and Mustafa had to go to Khartoum without him and she claimed him as her son

and ohhh my god im gonna sob my eyes out again. Fatin Abbas I am picking up every book you put out ever for the rest of my life that is a promise