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A review by hayleyslibrarycard
Amma by Saraid de Silva
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
A straight 5 stars from the moment I started to the moment I finished.
Saraid de Silva wrote the most insanely tender book that makes you want to shake every single one of the characters and then text your mum.
It is a sweeping, tender, dreamy novel with sharp edges that leave paper thin cuts. I need to stare at a wall for a while.
I love her characters, they have my heart. I love Suri and Annie, I love the lives I lived while reading this book and realising the depth that every single person has inside themselves and how intertwined families truly are.
The writing is simple but devastating and sweeps you away, experiencing the sounds, sights and feelings of the characters in your own body.
Everytime a secret is revealed and you find out more about these people you come to care for so deeply my heart hurts a little more.
I borrowed this book from the library but god damn does Saraid de Silva deserve every one of my pennies, I will now read anything she writes.
I tried explaining the plot of this book to my husband and realised what an insane undertaking this book must’ve been. She nailed it. I’m in love, already need a reread
I love books set in New Zealand, it draws me in like nothing else and binds to my heart surer than other books, her descriptions of place were incredible especially places such as Sri Lanka that I have never been too.
This book explores SO much, in so much depth in a short amount of time. grief, love, hurt, intergenerational trauma, how place can be so crucial to who we are
Saraid de Silva wrote the most insanely tender book that makes you want to shake every single one of the characters and then text your mum.
It is a sweeping, tender, dreamy novel with sharp edges that leave paper thin cuts. I need to stare at a wall for a while.
I love her characters, they have my heart. I love Suri and Annie, I love the lives I lived while reading this book and realising the depth that every single person has inside themselves and how intertwined families truly are.
The writing is simple but devastating and sweeps you away, experiencing the sounds, sights and feelings of the characters in your own body.
Everytime a secret is revealed and you find out more about these people you come to care for so deeply my heart hurts a little more.
I borrowed this book from the library but god damn does Saraid de Silva deserve every one of my pennies, I will now read anything she writes.
I tried explaining the plot of this book to my husband and realised what an insane undertaking this book must’ve been. She nailed it. I’m in love, already need a reread
I love books set in New Zealand, it draws me in like nothing else and binds to my heart surer than other books, her descriptions of place were incredible especially places such as Sri Lanka that I have never been too.
This book explores SO much, in so much depth in a short amount of time. grief, love, hurt, intergenerational trauma, how place can be so crucial to who we are