madisonallen 's review for:

The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After by Clemantine Wamariya

2.0

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Unpopular opinion but I could not wait to be done with this book and start another. Beginning was great, attention grabbing but about 50 pages in it became confusing and I lost interest. The style of writing was tough and when it flips from past to present it often jumps weeks or months making it hard to follow. Her story was incredible and I learned a lot about the genocide in Rwanda, but this wouldn’t be the first memoir I would suggest to someone.