A review by jennygaitskell
Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris

reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

A Sarajevo story inspired by the author's family's experience of the siege. 

It has a wonderfully crafted sense of place, effective storytelling, and some very beautiful passages. I was fully engaged and reading beyond my bedtime.

An accomplished novel. Perhaps too polished for me to love completely; briefly telling not showing the horrors, and keeping all its plot promises. 

For this reader, there was no need to be so polite.