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They Called Me Wyatt
by Natasha Tynes
[this ebook is gifted from Natasha Tynes in exchange with an honest review]
"They called me Wyatt" is a murder mystery book set in Jordan as well as in the US. The book follows Siwar, a Jordanian student in the US, who mysteriously dies on the night of her 25th birthday. Years later, Siwar wakes up in the mind and body of a toddler called Wyatt and now we follow his quest to try an uncover the secrets of her murder.
As is reflected in my rating, I obviously really liked this book. My most favorite parts of the book, were whenever Siwar was reminiscing about her time in Jordan. It's a country with a culture that has many differences and similarities with my country and culture too (I'm Greek, btw) and reading about everyday life there and their way of thinking was very intriguing and I was really looking forward to those chapters.
As for Siwar, our leading lady, there were times when I really sympathized with her and others when I thought she was a bit obnoxious. I liked that it was very evident how much she struggled juggling her birth home (Jordan) and her chosen home (the US). Around Siwar, we meet and array of interesting characters, most of them from Jordan but we also meet some intriguing people after Siwar goes to college.
One character I want to talk about is Theo, he's a Greek guy Siwar used to date and he's one of the suspects of the murder. I'm mentioning specifically him, because since I'm Greek, it was pretty interesting seeing how a person of my country is represented in a novel by a person from a different country/culture. While reading, I liked some parts of him, but what I want to comment on the most, is that on the whole, I didn't think he was a caricature of a Greek man and even though he ended up being one of the bad characters, I don't think that has anything to do with being Greek.
What I didn't like about this book, was mainly Wyatt's parts when he was still a toddler, I was really trying to read through these chapters fast, to get back to Siwar and her memories from Jordan or college, because frankly, this was what I found most interesting.
Something else that kind of bothered me was the fact that there were seemingly many suspects for Siwar's murder, but none of them had a pretty strong reason to do it. While the story progressed and Wyatt started the investigation, I couldn't think who could have done it, because I really didn't think anyone had a strong motive. Also, in the second part of the book, what was missing for me was suspence, I wanted to feel more on the edge of my seat while we were nearing the uncovering of the murderer.
All in all, "They Called me Wyatt" is a very interesting book, that apart from having the murder mystery aspect, is also pretty intriguing because it gives food for thought regarding race and culture and how you can break free from stereotypes.
"They called me Wyatt" is a murder mystery book set in Jordan as well as in the US. The book follows Siwar, a Jordanian student in the US, who mysteriously dies on the night of her 25th birthday. Years later, Siwar wakes up in the mind and body of a toddler called Wyatt and now we follow his quest to try an uncover the secrets of her murder.
As is reflected in my rating, I obviously really liked this book. My most favorite parts of the book, were whenever Siwar was reminiscing about her time in Jordan. It's a country with a culture that has many differences and similarities with my country and culture too (I'm Greek, btw) and reading about everyday life there and their way of thinking was very intriguing and I was really looking forward to those chapters.
As for Siwar, our leading lady, there were times when I really sympathized with her and others when I thought she was a bit obnoxious. I liked that it was very evident how much she struggled juggling her birth home (Jordan) and her chosen home (the US). Around Siwar, we meet and array of interesting characters, most of them from Jordan but we also meet some intriguing people after Siwar goes to college.
One character I want to talk about is Theo, he's a Greek guy Siwar used to date and he's one of the suspects of the murder. I'm mentioning specifically him, because since I'm Greek, it was pretty interesting seeing how a person of my country is represented in a novel by a person from a different country/culture. While reading, I liked some parts of him, but what I want to comment on the most, is that on the whole, I didn't think he was a caricature of a Greek man and even though he ended up being one of the bad characters, I don't think that has anything to do with being Greek.
What I didn't like about this book, was mainly Wyatt's parts when he was still a toddler, I was really trying to read through these chapters fast, to get back to Siwar and her memories from Jordan or college, because frankly, this was what I found most interesting.
Something else that kind of bothered me was the fact that there were seemingly many suspects for Siwar's murder, but none of them had a pretty strong reason to do it. While the story progressed and Wyatt started the investigation, I couldn't think who could have done it, because I really didn't think anyone had a strong motive. Also, in the second part of the book, what was missing for me was suspence, I wanted to feel more on the edge of my seat while we were nearing the uncovering of the murderer.
All in all, "They Called me Wyatt" is a very interesting book, that apart from having the murder mystery aspect, is also pretty intriguing because it gives food for thought regarding race and culture and how you can break free from stereotypes.