A review by bookreviewswithkb
There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak

emotional informative reflective
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

“time is a river that meanders, branching out into tributaries and rivulets, depositing sediments of stories along its shores in the hope that someday, someone, somewhere, will find them.”

water is everything, everything is water - in the way that all of us are connected, and everything we do affects everything that is and that will be. in the way that none of us can survive without each other, that the impact doesn’t disappear just because you don’t see it, and that i don’t just mean humans when i say ‘us’

these are some of the concepts Shafak wrestles with in this beautiful, moving novel that is character centered, embodied and extremely thoughtful 
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