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A review by daniellewalsh
A Watermelon, a Fish and a Bible by Christy Lefteri
3.0
This is a fictional account of the Turkish invasion of Cyrpus in 1974 - something I didn't know a lot about. Although the book was ficitional, it does the job of showing how the war impacted different people in different ways. It shows the futility of war, as well as the small and large scale consequences of such events.
Compared to The Beekeeper of Aleppo, this didn't grab me in the same way. I sometimes felt confused by the change in people/place, with it having many different characters' perspectives (this may have been made more confusing because I read it in many sittings).
It's incredibly descriptive, which in some sections added a lot to the narrative, but in other parts was too much, and I felt guilty for skim reading (oops).
Compared to The Beekeeper of Aleppo, this didn't grab me in the same way. I sometimes felt confused by the change in people/place, with it having many different characters' perspectives (this may have been made more confusing because I read it in many sittings).
It's incredibly descriptive, which in some sections added a lot to the narrative, but in other parts was too much, and I felt guilty for skim reading (oops).