A review by obstinateheadstrongcurl
Wild Thorns by Sahar Khalifeh

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Wild Thorns follows several young Palestinian men as they negotiate the struggles, indignities and abuses of life under occupation. Khalifeh does an excellent job of making you feel what the characters do within a relatively short novel. I did take a break from this in a fit of mood-readery-ness and that was definitely to my detriment because it did become a little difficult to keep track of all the different characters. Overall though an excellent read.