63 reviews for:

The Hakawati

Rabih Alameddine

4.13 AVERAGE

adventurous challenging funny reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Excellent read, if a bit long. I think I loved the strange Howard Dean reference...
adventurous emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
challenging dark emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
adventurous emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous reflective slow-paced
adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This is a really dense book of interwoven stories. I fought myself laughing along in some places, and cringing in others. While I feel it set out to do exactly as it intended, it was not exactly my cup of tea. 

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Many stories without clear directions. 
challenging reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes