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A review by makboo
I Remember Beirut by Zeina Abirached
3.0
I think I didn’t get it … maybe it’s because I haven’t read the author’s first graphic novel about her experience of the war, which is supposedly much better.
I actually couldn’t tell what was going on and when events happens because it wasn’t very chronological, which I guess makes sense given the perspective is of a child who may only remember certain snapshots of events and completely oblivious to what precipitated them. The details given about eating a KitKat and cirgarettes being passed out like candy resonated with a child-like observation. But for example, the family went to Cyprus as refugees and I guess they then made their way back to Beirut?
I actually couldn’t tell what was going on and when events happens because it wasn’t very chronological, which I guess makes sense given the perspective is of a child who may only remember certain snapshots of events and completely oblivious to what precipitated them. The details given about eating a KitKat and cirgarettes being passed out like candy resonated with a child-like observation. But for example, the family went to Cyprus as refugees and I guess they then made their way back to Beirut?