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A review by juli_mod
Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi
4.0
The Story is woven of different female voices. Women from different Generation and different background, what they have in Common? They are all celestial bodies to the planets of men. It is a story about boundaries and walls in which women have to live: tradition, love, family, origin.
I enjoyed getting to know Oman, a country I know very little about. All the little storys and details and knowledge about it, made the novel even more interesting.
Of course the Splitted narrator comes with a price, I didn’t connect with any story of any of the women deeply, so in the end: i didn’t connect with the novel. But it moved me, it interested me. Four stars seem fair for this ;)
I enjoyed getting to know Oman, a country I know very little about. All the little storys and details and knowledge about it, made the novel even more interesting.
Of course the Splitted narrator comes with a price, I didn’t connect with any story of any of the women deeply, so in the end: i didn’t connect with the novel. But it moved me, it interested me. Four stars seem fair for this ;)