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A review by zafarali
Island of a Thousand Mirrors by Nayomi Munaweera
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This book is beautiful: Vivid descriptions of places and food that you can actually see and taste when you close your eyes. There’s too many characters, which at first I thought was problematic since I couldn’t keep track of them, but isn’t that exactly how Sri Lankan families are?!
This book is painful: I hadn’t expected to read this around the same time as the anniversary of Black July. The book describes these moments of pain, as well as other heartbreaking situations of war. The details are raw and you almost become one with the characters. You feel their pain, their emotions. You can hear them cry and their thoughts are real.
I spent a lot of time trying to connect the title to the story, but It’s only at the end that you realize, it makes too much sense.
This book is painful: I hadn’t expected to read this around the same time as the anniversary of Black July. The book describes these moments of pain, as well as other heartbreaking situations of war. The details are raw and you almost become one with the characters. You feel their pain, their emotions. You can hear them cry and their thoughts are real.
I spent a lot of time trying to connect the title to the story, but It’s only at the end that you realize, it makes too much sense.