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A review by rachel271
Call Me Athena: Girl from Detroit by Colby Cedar Smith
5.0
I was lucky enough to be sent an advanced copy and although it is not the usual type of book I read, I absolutely loved it!
Call Me Athena is a novel in verse which just makes reading flow so fluidly. It has several p.o.v’s but the transitions are seamless and never clunky even when they jump around in time. The arrangement of the passages are very well selected.
The clash of cultures in this book are something beautiful. We have Mary’s French mother and Greek Father and the pressure Mary feels to be a “Good Greek Girl” in America. Despite the hardships her family face, Mary pushes through to build her own destiny as a modern American girl.
There are some heartbreaking scenes in this book, of war, death, injury and hunger. What really made the story come alive for me was the photographs the author has included at the end of the book of the family members that feature in the novel.
The whole book is very raw but so inspiring and honest. A magnificent novel from Colby Cedar Smith!
Call Me Athena is a novel in verse which just makes reading flow so fluidly. It has several p.o.v’s but the transitions are seamless and never clunky even when they jump around in time. The arrangement of the passages are very well selected.
The clash of cultures in this book are something beautiful. We have Mary’s French mother and Greek Father and the pressure Mary feels to be a “Good Greek Girl” in America. Despite the hardships her family face, Mary pushes through to build her own destiny as a modern American girl.
There are some heartbreaking scenes in this book, of war, death, injury and hunger. What really made the story come alive for me was the photographs the author has included at the end of the book of the family members that feature in the novel.
The whole book is very raw but so inspiring and honest. A magnificent novel from Colby Cedar Smith!