A review by navaneetashanu
The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon

3.0

Personally, I enjoyed the book, The Bones Sparrow. It talks very deeply about the harsh reality of refugees that is not made aware of and is invisible to us privileged people. The tragic, sad and happy events that happened in this story was all for the better because it really made the ending special. The quote on the cover of the book: "Friendship can set you free." was a quote that related to both Jimmie and Subhi. Both of these different characters had their own story to tell and through their differences and similarities they bonded and created a friendship that brought joy to both of them. I think one special characteristic that Zana Frailon displayed was that each character no matter how young or old, has a different story to tell. Whoever it is: Eli, Queeny, Subhi's Ma, Harvey. They were all apart of the story and their own. In the author's note Frailon states: "I wish this book had never needed to be written. I wish the circumstances that lead me to write this story had never occurred." When I read this part of the book, it made me realise how real this is. How horrible the lives of the Rohingya and refugees are in some conditions. Queeny always said that Someday the struggling refugees would find a voice in this ignorant community and not be invisible anymore but even now, has that Someday truly been accomplished?