A review by curlymango
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak

emotional reflective medium-paced

3.75

I went in thinking the 10 minutes 38 seconds of Leila’s reflections on life with intermittent side stories would be the whole book, without the post mortem second part. I think that may have made for a stronger story
Part Two was tonally very different from Part One, reminding me of both the mood and plot of Little Miss Sunshine
, but the prose is so lyrical and easy to read that it felt less cliché or heavy handed than it likely would have felt otherwise. A nice story about chosen family with some solid historical context.

To the person who stole this library book from me, I hope you gave it a glance before doing whatever…
Expand filter menu Content Warnings