A review by chioma_a
Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

challenging emotional reflective tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

Shabili explores the experience of erasure and restriction with an incredibly deft hand. it reminds of Toni Morrison's quote about the bluest eye, which i cant remember word for word but talks about how in trying to make pecola sympathetic, she realized that people engaged with her only in pity, and spent more time feeling sorry for her than investigating in themselves the beliefs that brought her to harm. i think Shabili is navigating those same waters, both with her protagonist and the lost story that she seeks. She does it very well.
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