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A review by dozylocal
The Attack by Yasmina Khadra
3.0
2.5 stars
The first chapter and last few chapters are really good. The theme itself is thought provoking. What would drive someone who apparently had everything she could wish for to become a suicide bomber and kill innocent restaurant patrons, including children? This is the question that drives her husband, a doctor, almost crazy in his mission to uncover the truth behind what she did and how she hid her secret life from him.
Unfortunately, for me, the long monologues of the main character got boring after a while. It was almost too philosophical at times.
The first chapter and last few chapters are really good. The theme itself is thought provoking. What would drive someone who apparently had everything she could wish for to become a suicide bomber and kill innocent restaurant patrons, including children? This is the question that drives her husband, a doctor, almost crazy in his mission to uncover the truth behind what she did and how she hid her secret life from him.
Unfortunately, for me, the long monologues of the main character got boring after a while. It was almost too philosophical at times.