I love books that have twins in it. They always fascinate me and hence this book wasn't an exception. I knew nothing about it when I got into the book other than fact that Augusta from Hedley Green is a bit nerdy who can memorize dictionary and tell facts and histories to people whenever she can relate to whatever they are talking. She has a twin who is a complete opposite of who she is and also someone who everyone prefers.


The other day when I stumbled upon a tumblr post that read 'Write marginalized characters but don't write about marginalized characters unless you experience it.' I thought that was a great advice and I really wanted to read books to understand what it exactly meant. I think this book is a great example for that. Joanna being a white has written a marginalized black character named Parfait who is also one of the main characters whose POV we get to see and we also get a chance to know about a place called Burundi in East Africa. I wouldn't have known a place like that exists if not for this book and she didn't try to go deep into explain us what it feels like to be there or to be a black exactly. I guess that's a great example for the post I mentioned above.


I loved Joanna's writing. It felt pretentious at first but then I got familiar with it as I read through and completely fell in love with the characters and the setting, thoughts and everything. She made me long for Spain. It's strange but this book tastes of salt and fresh fish and roasted chicken. It smells of seaweed. Now that's really weird I am sorry