A review by stuckinatimeloop
As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

i loved this book, read it in a day. it's so true that the outside world, including me, is mostly ignorant about horrific civil wars happening in many countries like syria. we know there are refugees but do we really think about them?

the characters were all written well and the writing was so beautiful, especially the descriptions. definitely would read more from this author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Rape