A review by sahleen
The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak

4.0

Another beautifully woven story from Elif Safak. This wasn’t my favorite novel by her, but it was a great read. I loved the magical realism and learning more about the history of Cyprus. Some of the characters were a little too similar to other characters in Safak books and the dialogue felt forced in certain spots, but there were also some passages that really stuck with me. I’m curious what reading this in Turkish would have been like and may come back and do that at some point.