borteez 's review for:

The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar

4.0

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This was soooo good. El-Mohtar has some incredible power to seamlessly weave a very folksy, fable-like, distant mythopoetic to events that also feel incredibly grounded and characters that are so real. Short, sweet, in and out, loved every bit.