I read this book in under a week and probably would have finished it in two days if I had the spare time; it pulled me in the whole way through.
The book deals with a few heavy topics, but the biggest are estrangement from family and the loss of the main character (Yaminah)'s mother.
This book is heavy on emotions; all of Yamina's reactions to the mess going on around her feel very real (which is great). I think the fact the book is in first person helped a lot since you're in her head the whole time.
There are some pages between chapters that are in a different font that confused me a bit at first, but by the end they made perfect sense.
My only real criticism is that the beginning felt a little disconnected from where the book ended, but not in a way that ruined the story. There are characters introduced in the beginning that feel important but don't really end up being involved in the rest of the book. Clearly that didn't ruin the experience of the book though.
Overall I truly enjoyed the book.
The book deals with a few heavy topics, but the biggest are estrangement from family and the loss of the main character (Yaminah)'s mother.
This book is heavy on emotions; all of Yamina's reactions to the mess going on around her feel very real (which is great). I think the fact the book is in first person helped a lot since you're in her head the whole time.
There are some pages between chapters that are in a different font that confused me a bit at first, but by the end they made perfect sense.
My only real criticism is that the beginning felt a little disconnected from where the book ended, but not in a way that ruined the story. There are characters introduced in the beginning that feel important but don't really end up being involved in the rest of the book. Clearly that didn't ruin the experience of the book though.
Overall I truly enjoyed the book.