jaina8851 's review for:

The Map of Salt and Stars by Zeyn Joukhadar

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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What an incredibly beautiful book. Heartbreaking, uplifting, haunting, lyrically written. Having the narrator be so young was such an amazingly effective way to tell the story. I loved this book *so* much, I just couldn't put it down.