A review by lriopel
The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing by Mira Jacob

5.0

I really loved this book. I am not even sure why, particularly, but I just thought it was beautifully written, the pacing was good for a relatively long novel, and the characters were vivid and interesting. I thought it was a complex, thoughtful story of an immigrant family, not just what you would expect from that "genre". It was also a really wonderful, gentle story about terribly sad things happening within a family, and what the members of that family do in the aftermath of those events. Though there was quite a bit of tragedy in this book, it didn't seem out of proportion to what a real family might face, and the way the characters behaved seemed so natural - I found myself thinking that of course that character would do exactly that. It was truthful and tender and sad, and I really enjoyed the whole thing. Definitely would recommend.