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raesengele's review
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
While this book is wonderfully written with well rounded, diverse characters and discusses a life/world most YA wasn't at the time, the writing style is definitely of it's time. In the early 2000s, when Finding Miracles was written, YA was really just middle grade for teens with the writing style being much more simplistic than even typical YA books of today (which is the reason why most of us teens in that era skipped YA and went straight for the adult books). Because that honestly was the norm then, I won't fault the book for it. At the same time, though, I think the lighter writing style kind of aided the story. A lesser author would have reveled in the violence and destruction leftover from the revolution, but this book is about hope, spreading light, and finding miracles in the dark places even if they're small. By being lighter in tone, this theme was definitely able to carry throughout a lot cleaner. I personally would have ended the book differently, but that's just me.
Content Warnings
Minor: Death, Police brutality, Rape, Torture, and Violence
While never being graphic or detailed, the story does frequently discuss war crimes and the violence that comes with dictators and revolutions.
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