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chaoticmermaid 's review for:
The Map of Salt and Stars
by Zeyn Joukhadar
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
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:
Complicated
I just finished it. The prose is some of the most beautiful I have ever listened to. And the way the author weaves the two stories is amazing. I typically do audiobooks from the library but I think I might try to get a hard copy of this for myself, the story was that beautiful.
The mapmakers apprentice story made for a more lighthearted, adventures break from the heartwarming but gut wrenching story of Nour mourning her father and trying to find her way home. Despite Nour’s story being harder to read, I adored the way she saw the world and the way she described it.I sobbed when she met the goat herders in the Sahara desert and they laughed when she spoke about the stars, they needed some kind people in the worst way.
Despite being fiction it really spoke truth to the destruction being wrought onto the earth and all her creatures. It’s hard not to think of Palestine in particular while reading it. But really of all refugees, carrying their keys to their destroyed homes and their hearts into foreign lands with them.
The mapmakers apprentice story made for a more lighthearted, adventures break from the heartwarming but gut wrenching story of Nour mourning her father and trying to find her way home. Despite Nour’s story being harder to read, I adored the way she saw the world and the way she described it.
Despite being fiction it really spoke truth to the destruction being wrought onto the earth and all her creatures. It’s hard not to think of Palestine in particular while reading it. But really of all refugees, carrying their keys to their destroyed homes and their hearts into foreign lands with them.