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3.5 stars.
I love the idea of this story - to weave a mythical story into the present day tale is not easy. Yet, the author pulls this off and how! The story has everything, colours, textures, smells, emotions and a set of great characters with layers. There is a story embedded within this about a strong female character. I should like this, I should love this, I almost should be soaking wet with all the different emotions layered into this fabric of this great tale - yet, it left me not panting ...more
I love the idea of this story - to weave a mythical story into the present day tale is not easy. Yet, the author pulls this off and how! The story has everything, colours, textures, smells, emotions and a set of great characters with layers. There is a story embedded within this about a strong female character. I should like this, I should love this, I almost should be soaking wet with all the different emotions layered into this fabric of this great tale - yet, it left me not panting ...more
It took me a while to think of what I really thought about the book. It tells the story of an average family going through troubles created by outbreaks of war in North Africa. It's heartbreaking to know the pains this family is put through for no fault of their own though I feel the author has only skimmed the surface on the possible atrocities that accompany such a war. This actually worked for me, as they could trigger even more intense emotions.
The feminist in me liked to see Rawiya as a sav ...more
The feminist in me liked to see Rawiya as a sav ...more
“stories ease the pain of living, not dying. People always think dying is going to hurt. But it does not. It’s living that hurts us.”
“You are the stories you tell yourself,”
“Does it ever stop feeling like the earth is one big nerve? Like everywhere you step, dead people feel it?”
Beautifully written book, full of colours and emotions, a story of humanity, both the good side and the bad side of it. A story of a beautiful country and its people who saw all the horrors possible looking for a better ...more
“You are the stories you tell yourself,”
“Does it ever stop feeling like the earth is one big nerve? Like everywhere you step, dead people feel it?”
Beautifully written book, full of colours and emotions, a story of humanity, both the good side and the bad side of it. A story of a beautiful country and its people who saw all the horrors possible looking for a better ...more
Jun 13, 2022
Judy Mahfouz
marked it as to-read
Nov 21, 2018
Yazeed Mujahed
marked it as to-read
