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ciran's review against another edition
4.0
4/4.5
coincidentally started reading the book just about the time I saw the memorial on the news. Glad I did. It gave me a lot of extra information about this piece of history.
coincidentally started reading the book just about the time I saw the memorial on the news. Glad I did. It gave me a lot of extra information about this piece of history.
cook_memorial_public_library's review against another edition
4.0
A 2015 staff favorite recommended by Becky K.
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mbondlamberty's review against another edition
4.0
Gripping and fast read. Nuanced and balanced view of events in Turkey from WWI and beyond (spoiler free!) loved the multiple perspectives and narrative voices.
kdhanda's review against another edition
4.0
Timely topic: the 100th anniversary of the Armenian atrocities by the Turkish army. The author presents this topic through the viewpoint of a surviving Armenian but does so in a rather balanced manner. Orhan, a young Turkish man, wants to fulfill the last wishes of his grandfather and this journey leads him to Seda, an old Armenian woman. As the novel unfolds, we find out about the connection between Orhan and Seda. A haunting tale, well written.
somojones's review against another edition
4.0
The story enlightens the reader to the history of the Turks and Armenians while engrossing us in the storyline. Very well done, although I felt a little lost with the characters.
wishingfish's review against another edition
3.0
An important subject matter, and well-done for the most part (there were some very nice, lyrical passages), but I felt like the narrative didn't go far enough. For example, way too many of the book's major plot points happened off the page. We get the build-up, but then we're just told about the events after the fact, which takes a lot of the impact out of them and causes the story to feel incomplete.
meganrenae's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this book! I read it very quickly because I wanted to hear the rest of the story Orhan was trying to understand. I wanted to know what happened to the characters and how they got to today. The characters were interesting and I learned a lot about the Armenian Genocide that made me interested in learning more. I really didn't know anything about it other than I think I once heard a Kardashian mention it (I know I know...). This was a great debut novel and I will certainly read any follow ups from Aline Ohanesian. I'm usually not much for historical fiction but the right stories will sometimes really hook me (I love Jamie Ford) and have become some of my favorites! It's a pretty quick read, not too long and it has a good pace. I won't recap it since many others have done so but I will say I definitely recommend even if you're not really into historical fiction.
jpmindful50's review against another edition
5.0
Beautiful prose, moving and unnerving. There has been discussion of Armenian genocide in the news recently, and I did not know anything about this history. It is a complex story, and the author chose a very interesting way to tell it, giving us perspective from both sides to better understand how it has been interpreted by the survivors and their descendants. Excellent book.
ellenjoannecampbell's review against another edition
3.0
This book has an interesting story but I didn't get particularly attached to the main characters. The Sandcastle Girls is a much more gripping story of the Armenian Genocide.