A review by lucy_qhuay
A God in Every Stone by Kamila Shamsie

2.0

The best thing about this book was definitely its title. I admit the first chapter had a lot of potential, but then the author never really followed through it. I had high hopes for the growth of Vivian, the main character, and her relationship with a certain man due to all that was between them. I believe that would have made a greater service to the story giving the importance put by the author in the tension between different cultures and nations. It would have showed people can put those differences aside and love as one. But apparently it wasn't meant to be and that loss didn't even mean anything. At least I didn't feel like Vivian took anything of importance from that. In fact, she became more and more insipid as the story went on.

The author had another chance of saying something truly meaningful with Najeeb Gul, who was just a curious boy when he first appeared, but once again, he too was but a glimpse of potential. He too faded away.

All in all, I believe the author meant to show us how Vivian and all the others were intertwined and how this was a story of many people. However, ultimately this was a story of no one.