My First and Only Love by Sahar Khalifeh

My First and Only Love

Sahar Khalifeh with Aida Bamia (Translator)

396 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
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After many decades of restless exile, Nadal returns to her family home in Nablus, where she had lived with her grandmother before the 1948 Nakba that scattered her family across the globe. She was a young girl when the popular resistance began and...

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Community Reviews

3.96
based on 122 reviews

Moods

emotional: 87%

reflective: 76%

sad: 76%

informative: 53%

challenging: 36%

tense: 31%

dark: 23%

hopeful: 21%

inspiring: 17%

adventurous: 12%

mysterious: 2%

Pace

4% of readers chose fast
47% of readers chose medium
47% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

13% of readers chose Plot
62% of readers chose A mix
24% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

40% of readers chose Yes
40% of readers chose Complicated
15% of readers chose No
3% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Loveable characters?

72% of readers chose Yes
27% of readers chose Complicated
Yes
Complicated

Diverse cast of characters?

67% of readers chose Yes
6% of readers chose Complicated
19% of readers chose No
6% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

22% of readers chose Yes
25% of readers chose Complicated
45% of readers chose No
6% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

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