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A review by pages_oflau
The Girl Who Stole an Elephant by Nizrana Farook
2.0
I read this book for the first book club pick for Middle Grade Monthly hosted by 2 of my favourite booktubers - Jade (Jadeyraereads) & Gavin Hetherington (How To Train Your Gavin).
I had never heard of it before and to be honest I wasn’t sure if it would be my kind of book but I really wanted to support Jade & Gavin so I decided to pick it up. As the month wore on I slowly became a bit more hyped for it and couldn’t wait to start it.
Ultimately, this book was a big bit of disappointment for me, because I really wanted to love this book, but I just didn’t.
I didn’t like any of the characters, apart from Ananda - the elephant.
- Chaya is our main character who is written in a way to make her seem like a hero, and that she cares about those she loves, but I honestly just found her so mean and she treats everyone basically like crap. She steals and causes so much havoc but never faces any consequences for her actions which I find really unbelievable.
- Neel is Chaya’s best friend and takes the blame for the Queens jewels getting stolen, he owns up to it when it was infact Chaya.
- Nour is someone that Chaya really doesn’t like but gets stuck with. I found their bickering and arguing really silly.
I binge read this in less than 4 hours mainly because the writing is so big in the book but also because the chapters were nice and short. It was a very fast and easy read, I just didn’t enjoy it very much but I really wanted to finish it before tomorrow. There was hardly any atmosphere and the plot just seemed a little far fetched for me. Chaya and her actions probably didn’t help much.
I also want to say that ending was...I don’t even know what to say. It was just there, it just happened and it was rushed. It felt so conveniently and neatly wrapped up even though there was supposedly going to be a war for the throne...
There was honestly nothing exciting about this book apart from an elephant that keeps coming and saving those that don’t deserve it.
I had never heard of it before and to be honest I wasn’t sure if it would be my kind of book but I really wanted to support Jade & Gavin so I decided to pick it up. As the month wore on I slowly became a bit more hyped for it and couldn’t wait to start it.
Ultimately, this book was a big bit of disappointment for me, because I really wanted to love this book, but I just didn’t.
I didn’t like any of the characters, apart from Ananda - the elephant.
- Chaya is our main character who is written in a way to make her seem like a hero, and that she cares about those she loves, but I honestly just found her so mean and she treats everyone basically like crap. She steals and causes so much havoc but never faces any consequences for her actions which I find really unbelievable.
- Neel is Chaya’s best friend and takes the blame for the Queens jewels getting stolen, he owns up to it when it was infact Chaya.
- Nour is someone that Chaya really doesn’t like but gets stuck with. I found their bickering and arguing really silly.
I binge read this in less than 4 hours mainly because the writing is so big in the book but also because the chapters were nice and short. It was a very fast and easy read, I just didn’t enjoy it very much but I really wanted to finish it before tomorrow. There was hardly any atmosphere and the plot just seemed a little far fetched for me. Chaya and her actions probably didn’t help much.
I also want to say that ending was...I don’t even know what to say. It was just there, it just happened and it was rushed. It felt so conveniently and neatly wrapped up even though there was supposedly going to be a war for the throne...
There was honestly nothing exciting about this book apart from an elephant that keeps coming and saving those that don’t deserve it.