A review by sumisreads
The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

4.5

A deeply moving book that'll stay on my mind for quite some time. I liked how we're able to see the events of the story unfold through Nuri, whose perspective we come to learn isn't always the most reliable. How he loses everything he loves, and is forced to try and start again with his wife who's become a shell herself. A story of broken people trying to become unbroken. That's how I'd summarise the book in a sentence. 
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