A review by helene0707
The Girl Who Smiled Beads by Elizabeth Weil, Clemantine Wamariya

4.0

Deeply disturbing and shattering. I still cannot fully wrap my head around what I’ve just read. This is an account marked by innocence which slowly transforms into anger in the course of the book - the story of survival and the emotion turmoil that follows. The only downside was the writing itself. It was too bland at times and I would have expected a variety of vocabulary rather than a similar sentence structure and use of the same words throughout. A must-read nonetheless to broaden your horizon.