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tiamushka 's review for:
The Map of Salt and Stars
by Zeyn Joukhadar
It took me about half way through the book before I really got into it and the story of Nour and her family really grabbed me. The second timeline of Rawiya was relayed in the "telling" mode with quite of bit of unexplained political history and turmoil between empires I would have loved to know more about. They moved so fast between the fascinating places they went, it was hard to really feel their journey too much. There was only a brief few paragraphs about finding the forgotten city of Petra! Nour's family journey was heart breaking, and beautifully written and a perspective I enjoyed experiencing. My only complaint would be so many metaphors, and poetic unanswerable questions, which I would have found so much more delightful if they were not everywhere! Just a few sprinkled through the book would have made it stronger.