christibeeler 's review for:

Beneath the Lion's Gaze by Maaza Mengiste

5.0

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Haunting, compassionate, and accessible, this novel portrays a time period of Ethiopian history that few have attempted to depict. Although it is clearly a first novel because of its character simplifications, it is incredibly moving and memorable. Relative to it's ambitiousness in scope, I gave it 5 stars. I love this book and would recommend it to anyone.