kelly281's review
5.0
A beautifully written, thought provoking read. Filled with wonderful characters who will stay with me long after I've finished reading. Truly excellent.
_emjd's review
4.0
almost more depressing that The Kite Runner. riveting because you don't know what's going to happen to her next, and you actually experience uncertainty right alongside Dalila.
lostinthelibrary's review
4.0
Wow. This book really affected me. I found myself actually holding my breath at many points throughout. I am so glad that the author decided to highlight this issue in such politically charged times and to do it in such a simple but beautiful way.
I love how he captured the speech patterns of the different immigrant groups and I could tell that the characters in this book were influenced by real people before I confirmed this in the Acknowledgements because they just came alive from the page.
It should really be a 5 star book but I am pettily removing a star because it contains one of my stylistic pet hates of no speech marks. Please stop doing this authors!
Basically the UK should be hugely ashamed of the 'hostile environment' and everyone in the government should read this book!
I love how he captured the speech patterns of the different immigrant groups and I could tell that the characters in this book were influenced by real people before I confirmed this in the Acknowledgements because they just came alive from the page.
It should really be a 5 star book but I am pettily removing a star because it contains one of my stylistic pet hates of no speech marks. Please stop doing this authors!
Basically the UK should be hugely ashamed of the 'hostile environment' and everyone in the government should read this book!
stephend81d5's review
4.0
Dark novel about a kenyan girl who arrived in the uk and applies for asylum and her journey through the process with disturbing events. Its dark and gritty novel but feels as though its been researched well and all too real.
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