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A review by leavingsealevel
Miral by Rula Jebreal
3.0
This starts out terribly slowly. The first 150 pages really read like a history book, and a very dry one at that. I guess the average American/European reader (the book's target audience, I think) doesn't really know all that much about Palestine, so this is necessary. There has just got to be a better way to weave the necessary educational information into the narrative of a novel than sticking it all at the beginning.
Once all the educational bits got out of the way, Miral was a pretty engaging story. As far as the politics, it was published in 2004 and it feels kind of dated.
Once all the educational bits got out of the way, Miral was a pretty engaging story. As far as the politics, it was published in 2004 and it feels kind of dated.