A review by sblanch12
The Map of Salt and Stars by Zeyn Joukhadar

4.0

3.5 rounded up. I think I would have liked each story as a standalone, rather than intertwined. I also was confused how a middle schooler who doesn't understand basic concepts about life because she is too young, happens to have a vocabulary and voice of an adult, describing colors and feelings in vibrant similes. She also is weirdly wise at the end, so I wish the author had made Nour a teenager or even in her early 20s. I also wish I knew a bit more of the geography of Northern Africa and Syria, but it was otherwise enjoyable.