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dee_dee_reads 's review for:
Children of War
by Ahmet Yorulmaz, Paula Darwish
Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing this e-copy in exchange for an honest review.
This is a dense read which is to be expected as the topic it covers isn't one of rainbows and fluffy animals. There are moments of such pure, raw pain that make you feel so deeply for Hassan and his family. It's tense and scary at times but always, always gripping.
It starts off very slowly and gives you a lot of information all at once, information that I was not at all familiar with, but I found myself compelled by the idea of it. It highlights ethnic and religious stigmatization (the Greek Christians against the Turkish Muslims and vice versa) in a struggle to claim one's belonging.
This isn't my next great love, but it will stand out in my memory for a significant amount of time.
This is a dense read which is to be expected as the topic it covers isn't one of rainbows and fluffy animals. There are moments of such pure, raw pain that make you feel so deeply for Hassan and his family. It's tense and scary at times but always, always gripping.
It starts off very slowly and gives you a lot of information all at once, information that I was not at all familiar with, but I found myself compelled by the idea of it. It highlights ethnic and religious stigmatization (the Greek Christians against the Turkish Muslims and vice versa) in a struggle to claim one's belonging.
This isn't my next great love, but it will stand out in my memory for a significant amount of time.