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A review by eliya
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I did enjoy this one. It all was a little too convenient at the end the way it came together. Like what are the actual chances haha. I’m really surprised with the resolve that Cyrus came to at the end. Maybe there’s a lot of layers I just wouldn’t understand.
It was beautiful to see all the complex and queer love stories, and all the different perspectives, generational trauma, the effects that the death of his mother had on the father, the brother, and Cyrus’s relationship with the united states and those around him. I just have so many questions and feel unresolved. Maybe that’s the idea is that Cyrus has felt so unresolved and given this loaded information, rather than asking more questions he learns to just accept things?
Like,I feel so bad for his father. Being abandoned, thinking your wife is dead. Maybe given the political climate of how his mother felt locked into her life, he understood but was still sad and that’s why he was like a robot to Cyrus growing up? It just seems like Cyrus was failed in a lot of ways growing up & he’s just letting it all go.
Beautiful insights to grief, addition, healing. Though, I would have been interested to see him actually work on himself a little more but it kind of was just over and fast as it began.
It was beautiful to see all the complex and queer love stories, and all the different perspectives, generational trauma, the effects that the death of his mother had on the father, the brother, and Cyrus’s relationship with the united states and those around him. I just have so many questions and feel unresolved. Maybe that’s the idea is that Cyrus has felt so unresolved and given this loaded information, rather than asking more questions he learns to just accept things?
Like,
Beautiful insights to grief, addition, healing. Though, I would have been interested to see him actually work on himself a little more but it kind of was just over and fast as it began.