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The handful of racist descriptions and lukewarm attempts at seeming progressive in regards to Zionism (ex: one sentence about a Jewish character in Jerusalem saying that she feels bad for the Arabs whose house she now lives in) really sucked. also I found Hanna's chapters to be a bit slow and a little insufferable at points. however, holy shit this book was so cool to me across the board. Love the historical chapters, love the depth of character given to all of these people and places throughout history. i really enjoyed it. Also loved Zahra's gay vibes

So simple and entertaining! loved the dialogue, loved the descriptions of the towns they visited, loved brett. Didnt love that everyone else was really racist

Holy fuck

I loved parts of this. I love a protagonist that I can relate to about my shortcomings!! but also it was so incredibly dense... maybe that was the purpose, to make you as the reader feel as suffocated and disinterested as Selin is, but about halfway through this book I started going crazy and just desperately wanted it to be over. i related so hard to selin in the last sentence, but regarding how i felt after reading this book.

In that last dance of chances
We shall know each other's minds.
We shall part with our regrets
When the tie no longer binds.

Fitz and the Fool are the greatest characters to ever be written, methinks. Wow.