A review by bookreviewswithkb
Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

“you need no one to confirm you. you are everything you believe yourself to be.”

i love this book so much. it is captivating in its prose and harrowing in its story. it’s about the lengths we go to protect ourselves from grief and the realization that the only way to truly live is to share our stories and to connect with every piece of who we are

and we learn about an important piece of Afghan history that deserves to be known. you should definitely read this book!

“that’s grief, and grief is nothing but the far brink of love. love is the sun, grief is the shadow it casts. love is an opera, grief is it’s echo. you cannot have one without the other. but if you follow that grief, you’ll find your way back to love.  …grieve, so you can get back to love, because love is a better place to be.”
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