This book is split to 2 parts: in the POV of an Israel commander as described by a 3rd person, and the POV of a Palestinian woman in 1st person. I think the way this was written is perfectly done. Every mundane activity was fully described and it sounds silly while reading, but also it's basically showing every minor detail and that made me go crazy because that's the title and I just realized this. Also the parallels between the 1st and 2nd part of the book was amazing. The ending had me stare at the ceiling for a few minutes to absorb what happened. The dog, the gum, the woman in black, the smell of petrol, the camels!
Mrs. Duszejko is now one of my favorite characters. I love her so much and I feel like I'll be like her too in the same situation. I think it's so cool how her mind is still bright and active but her old woman body is how an old woman's body is (full of aches and ailments). She also goes on a tangent often like an old woman yet if she were younger then people will think oh how intellectual of her, or how original her thought process is. An old lady protagonist is so refreshing. The book showed how the world disregards old women, puts them in this category and that's all they are but they're not.
I like when the writing style is symbolic and sounds like streams of consciousness. This is why I enjoyed Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead and Bluets. It feels like I'm reading a diary, as if I'm connected deeper to the protagonist. Bluets is meant to be poetry and it's funny because it also reads like a thesis about the color blue. The author included so many references which are interesting to me. I especially like when they relate blue to their friend in the hospital. The ending was just okay for me but hoped it was a bit better.
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