A review by almolloy
The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak

3.0

I wanted to love this book but I just couldn’t get there. For me, it was neither good nor bad. The book was educational about the conflicts in Cyprus and tree facts, both of which I knew little about, however I struggled to feel any emotional connection to the characters. I think maybe this was because the fig tree narration chapters felt like they lacked any emotion and they interrupted the story too often.