A review by hannicogood
Lyrics Alley by Leila Aboulela

4.0

I think this book tried to be a bit too ambitious with how many characters it was following. I don’t think every story line was resolved satisfactorily, however I was really satisfied with how the ending pulled together in the last ten or so pages. One of the things that really bumped this book up for me is finding out that Nur’s character was actually based on the author’s uncle who she unfortunately never got to meet. Finding this out really changed my perspective as well—I don’t mind as much that the politics weren’t discussed as deeply as they could have been because that wasn’t the point of the novel.