There Are Rivers in the Sky

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

This thread is to discuss There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak.

Pages: 464 pages

Length: 1 month (October)

Participants: Valerie, Lorraine, Beth

Everyone reads at their own pace during a Buddy Read. Because participants can be at different parts of the book at different times, it is extremely important to mark spoilers so that the book is not ruined for someone who is not as far along as others!!!

Mark spoilers by placing {spoiler} before the text and {/spoiler} after the text but use the < and > instead of the { and }.

Here are some questions to help get the conversation started! Feel free to look up discussion questions specific to this book or come up with your own. Just make sure any questions that contain spoilers are under spoiler tags.
Discussion questions are not required but may be a fun way to talk about the book and get to know each other!

Prior to starting:
What prompted you to join this buddy read?
Have you read this author before? What do you think of their other books?

Mid-read:
What character or ideas do you relate to the most and why?
Do you have any favorite quotes or scenes?

After reading:
What was enjoyable or not-so-enjoyable about this book?
Did this book change your perception about anything, either within the book (character development) or in real life?

[LinaVer]

Not sure I’ll have time, but I’d like to join this buddy read so much! It’s been on my tbr for quite a while, and the title is so poetic. I’m going to at least follow your discussion here 🙂

[Blakie]

I would like to join this Buddy Read. I read “The Island of Missing Trees” to fulfill a prompt in the Treasure Island Challenge, and enjoyed it very much. It would be fun to further explore the writing of Elif Shafak. Thanks!

Blākie

[Valerie]

Both of you are very welcome to join us. I also really enjoyed The Island of Missing Trees so hoping this one is as good.