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The Map of Salt and Stars by Zeyn Joukhadar
5.0
challenging emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This book was beautiful written, and achingly heartbreaking. Switching between the past and the present, as Rawiya and Nour go on their parallel journeys, this book starts each country with a poem dedicated to it. The poems were shaped in the shape of the country, a format that was very interesting but honestly difficult to read digitally. This book was hard to read at times, but worth it.