A review by ekmanch
Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim

4.0

Part of the story sometimes felt a tad unrealistic, but I was unable to overlook this to a large extent because of the great atmosphere, intimate storytelling, and the wonderful relationships that are depicted in the book. I think the reason why I thought it was unrealistic was because Lisbeth was able to not incorporate her family's, indeed the whole society's, opinions on black people from a very early age, even though Mattie wasn't there to influence her from a pretty early age. Mattie's leaving could very well have jaded Lisbeth and made her think that you can't trust black people, no matter how much you love them. Instead, she continued having a very favorable view of black people and not listening to her family. I really hope many people would have the heart to not listen to their family's/society's opinions in a situation like that, but I rather doubt it.

Anyway, the book was great, I really enjoyed it. It was very heartwarming.