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A review by mariafernandagama
The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After by Clemantine Wamariya
3.0
This is a very powerful story, one that is worth telling and certainly worth listening to. The writing is very sensitive and beautiful, even though the subject is so terrible. It's very toucinhg to see somebody lay their hearts open for the world to see like this young woman did.
My only criticism about this is the editing/pacing, and it's something I'm not sure was entirely the author's doing or if it was an editor's interference. Either way, I felt sometimes the changea between places and times too abrupt and that sadly, it took some of the strenght of the carefully chosen words and constructed paragraphs. I understand the idea behind trying to tell everything in fragments, in tiny beads, I just think maybe the order of things got a little messy. But nonetheless, this is a great book, and it's worth reading.
My only criticism about this is the editing/pacing, and it's something I'm not sure was entirely the author's doing or if it was an editor's interference. Either way, I felt sometimes the changea between places and times too abrupt and that sadly, it took some of the strenght of the carefully chosen words and constructed paragraphs. I understand the idea behind trying to tell everything in fragments, in tiny beads, I just think maybe the order of things got a little messy. But nonetheless, this is a great book, and it's worth reading.