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A review by laedyred
Desert Flower by Waris Dirie, Cathleen Miller
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
sad
fast-paced
2.0
I feel bad not giving a higher rating because the subject matter is so sensitive; the rights for women and end of female genital mutilation she advocates for are beyond important.
But for a rating based purely on my enjoyment, I have to say I thought it was just okey. The ghost writer is excellent in capturing the conversational tone of Dirie's storytelling. The book upsetting and hopeful, Dirie accounts her life in a series of statements of events. There's no flowery language, things are phrased very "this happened, then this happened, then this..." It just didn't work for me, personally.
I do give a lot of credit to the book for teaching me details of the nomadic life and confirming/expelling things I had heard about Somalia. I can definitely say I learned and am glad I picked this book up.
But for a rating based purely on my enjoyment, I have to say I thought it was just okey. The ghost writer is excellent in capturing the conversational tone of Dirie's storytelling. The book upsetting and hopeful, Dirie accounts her life in a series of statements of events. There's no flowery language, things are phrased very "this happened, then this happened, then this..." It just didn't work for me, personally.
I do give a lot of credit to the book for teaching me details of the nomadic life and confirming/expelling things I had heard about Somalia. I can definitely say I learned and am glad I picked this book up.