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mazza57's review
5.0
I received an ARC of this book via Netgalley and Betimes books. It covers an area of history that I really know little about and considering it happened in my lifetime that is truly shocking. Through the voices of two teenager the author weaves a story of internal unrest and racial hatred indiscriminate killing and pathways to escape.
Rosie and Callie have only ever experienced life in relatively normal settings and both suffer from teenage angst and a belief in the unfairness of life. What they are about to experience will change all that.
This is beautifully crafted and yet simply told the author truly brings the places and emotions to life
I will certainly look for more from this author
By the way this book has less than nothing to do with Canada
Rosie and Callie have only ever experienced life in relatively normal settings and both suffer from teenage angst and a belief in the unfairness of life. What they are about to experience will change all that.
This is beautifully crafted and yet simply told the author truly brings the places and emotions to life
I will certainly look for more from this author
By the way this book has less than nothing to do with Canada
my_bookish_romance's review
5.0
Wow. This small word kind of sums up my feeling towards this book.
They All Fall Down deals with so many themes at once that it' overwhelming trying to write them out. What is clear is that Kim Hood did a lot of research and was able to lay out quite simply such an intricate topic, while also pointing out the absurdity of it all.
Although the main event of the book is the Rwandan Genocide of 1994, I think that this is a story of self-discovery. The story of two (three) young girls trying to find their own place in the world, in a world where home feels foreign and you are a foreigner at home. A journey of accepting yourself for who you are and that being or wanting to be different is not such a bad thing.
As someone that lives alone in a foreign country, I loved and connected to the first chapters, the struggle of finding yourself and belonging somewhere, never being local enough, The clash between the perception you have of yourself and that of others.
I highly recommend this book to everyone
#TheyAllFallDownKimHoodBetimesBooks #NetGalley
They All Fall Down deals with so many themes at once that it' overwhelming trying to write them out. What is clear is that Kim Hood did a lot of research and was able to lay out quite simply such an intricate topic, while also pointing out the absurdity of it all.
Although the main event of the book is the Rwandan Genocide of 1994, I think that this is a story of self-discovery. The story of two (three) young girls trying to find their own place in the world, in a world where home feels foreign and you are a foreigner at home. A journey of accepting yourself for who you are and that being or wanting to be different is not such a bad thing.
As someone that lives alone in a foreign country, I loved and connected to the first chapters, the struggle of finding yourself and belonging somewhere, never being local enough, The clash between the perception you have of yourself and that of others.
I highly recommend this book to everyone
#TheyAllFallDownKimHoodBetimesBooks #NetGalley
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