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A review by mxmreads
The Tree by Na'amen Gobert Tilahun
4.0
I love this book with all my heart.
I adore all the characters and I can't get enough of the writing and the incredible worlds Tilahun created. The intricacies and delicate weaving of plots and narratives, the detailed and engaging descriptions mixed with action-packed scenes, the natural flow of things and how they all come together in the most surprising and explosive ways. I could stay in this world forever.
Plus the queerness of it all makes my heart happy. And there's a special feeling in the way Tilahun connects his characters, explores interpersonal relationships of all kinds, from family to friends to lovers, from love to hate to a complex, layered *mess* of too many feelings to even name. It's unique and lovely, and deeply touching.
I cannot wait to read the next book in the series and all other works this author might ever publish.
The only reason why I don't give 5 stars is because I wished the publisher would've done this incredible book more justice regarding editing and proofreading. It didn't lessen my love for the book or the series at all, but it did throw me a time or two and this book deserved better.
I adore all the characters and I can't get enough of the writing and the incredible worlds Tilahun created. The intricacies and delicate weaving of plots and narratives, the detailed and engaging descriptions mixed with action-packed scenes, the natural flow of things and how they all come together in the most surprising and explosive ways. I could stay in this world forever.
Plus the queerness of it all makes my heart happy. And there's a special feeling in the way Tilahun connects his characters, explores interpersonal relationships of all kinds, from family to friends to lovers, from love to hate to a complex, layered *mess* of too many feelings to even name. It's unique and lovely, and deeply touching.
I cannot wait to read the next book in the series and all other works this author might ever publish.
The only reason why I don't give 5 stars is because I wished the publisher would've done this incredible book more justice regarding editing and proofreading. It didn't lessen my love for the book or the series at all, but it did throw me a time or two and this book deserved better.