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A review by stw07
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
challenging
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
2.0
Well, that was disturbing.
I enjoyed the first quarter of the book, but that section is drastically different from the rest of the novel. Honestly I don’t know how I feel about it. It throws a lot at you, and makes you spend a lot of time in the perspectives of characters with disturbing viewpoints. And then the ending.
This is actually a retelling of the Antigone myth. I only learned that from the author’s acknowledgments since I’ve never read it. I think knowing that would have been useful for interpreting it, although it does spoil some plot points.
I enjoyed the first quarter of the book, but that section is drastically different from the rest of the novel. Honestly I don’t know how I feel about it. It throws a lot at you, and makes you spend a lot of time in the perspectives of characters with disturbing viewpoints. And then the ending.
This is actually a retelling of the Antigone myth. I only learned that from the author’s acknowledgments since I’ve never read it. I think knowing that would have been useful for interpreting it, although it does spoil some plot points.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Religious bigotry and Islamophobia
Moderate: Confinement, Murder, Sexism, Death, Misogyny, Torture, and Violence
Perspectives of members of extremist groups