Reviews

Horses of God by Mahi Binebine, Lulu Norman

snoozymae's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.25

joabroda's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.5

 A book that is short enough to read in one sitting, but so emotionally charged that I couldn't do that. Just a few pages at a time for me.

On May 16, 2003, 14 Islamist suicide bombers descended on Casablanca. Mahi Binebine fictionalized this tragic event and tells a story using one voice, the voice of a 16 year old who was one of the suicide bombers. Yachine tells his story from the grave, as he waiting for the angels to take him to paradise.

Yachine show us his life in the slums of Sidi Moumen and he tells of the events that led up to him walking away from his life, in hopes of finding something better on the other side.

As I said, an emotional read that probably is not for everyone. I read another of Moumen's books Welcome to Paradise . He is an author who knows his subject matter and brings his characters so close to your heart, but beware gentle readers, your heart will be broken. 

ghita3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

martisegura's review against another edition

4.0

Mahi nos narra la tortuosa infancia en un vertedero de unoa niños que pasaron de no tener futuro a morir por una causa religiosa. Sin futuro, tampoco.

bilanm_c's review against another edition

4.0

Wow! Just wow. What a great little book, never have I finished anything so quickly, completely shirking all my responsibilities and studies! The visuals are heady, I'm simultaneously in love and repulsed by these boys. I'll try to review tomorrow.

aweinstein's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

sandy27's review against another edition

4.0

En primer lugar, decir que estoy segura que va a ser unas de las mejores novelas que lea este año y que me va a dejar un poso que va a quedar en mi. El libro está basado en la historia real de los jóvenes autores de los atentados que sacudieron Casablanca en 2003, lo que hay que reconocerle al autor es la delicadeza con la que narra la novela,traspasa la literatura y remueve nuestra conciencia, además es imposible que te deje indiferente. A lo largo de sus páginas muestra un realismo escalofriante,la forma de contar la historia el autor es única y muy delicada para los hechos que trata. Estoy convencida que no será el único libro que lea de este autor ha sido un descubrimiento para este 2019.

divya5's review

dark sad medium-paced

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

4.0

stephend81d5's review

4.0

really enjoyed this novel about a life of a suicide bomber growing in the slums in morocco and his early life playing football and all the lows on the poverty line until in later life he gets involved with islam and become more a foot solider in the suicide bombers where he takes his life and his after life visions