Reviews

My Pen is the Wing of a Bird by Lucy Hannah

esmeevandorst's review

medium-paced

4.0

natashabaker_x's review

challenging dark emotional informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

cheerful_elephant's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

kaseycanread's review

dark emotional sad tense

4.25

georgia_sara93's review

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

My Pen Is The Wing Of A Bird is an anthology of 23 different Afghan women’s short stories. Each of the stories are different and translated from different local Afghan languages. Many of these stories discuss horrors felt, experienced, seen. Some are based on horrible events known world wide, some are purely from imagination. Most all are heartbreaking. Most of these stories were collected in 2018 and 2021. There are more stories to come. 

If you want raw and real, and some stories of triumph and joy, give this anthology a go.

leo122's review

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

johannalliebl's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

margocabuy's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

jouljet's review

challenging emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, War, Violence, Gore, and Death

findchu_'s review

4.75

its so wonderfully written