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

challenging emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

A truly memorable book for me. 
1. Made me read up on the history of Cyprus and the Cypriot Civil War. 2. Excellent, compelling (heartbreaking) thematization of generational trauma, identity, family, love and moving forward
3. First book I’ve read in which one of the narrating voices is a tree - this was brilliantly realized.
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