pickWow! Gorgeous, creative, heartbreaking, and hopeful. The story of a Greek and a Turk who fall in love in Cyprus while a wise fig tree and their future daughter try to make sense of it all. Some passages read like poetry. This wonderfully complex novel lives up to the hype!
pickLoved this book! The writing is beautiful and transports you right into a beautiful story. I fell in love with many of the characters. I enjoyed the time the book spent in Cyprus the most and the book definitely spends more time in Cyprus at the back end. A quarter of the book or so is told from a Fig Tree's point of view and I loved it. It is true - the history that trees have seen, heard and sensed is everything. A top pick for me.
Continuing the tagged book while the kids play at the playground. Quite a hot day here so may not stay that long and get much reading in. Really enjoying this book so far!
Grabbed the tagged book from the library and started it. I'm really enjoying it so far. The writing is beautiful and I love how alive the Fig Tree is. I truly believe plants and trees are more intelligent than humans give them credit for! Still in the beginnings of the story so not exactly sure where it's heading but it's a good start.
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so-soOverall I enjoy the story, and I have to confess I didn't know anything about the Cyprus civil war and it was really interesting, I'm sure I'll look more into it. Despite loving magic realism and the way Shafak writes, I often found the parts told from the fig tree's point of view quite boring and I felt myself disconnecting and having to re-read them sometimes. I didn't mind the parts of the fig tree when they were relevant to the story, it was⬇️
bailedI have bailed on this one…l just wasn‘t enjoying it.
My elderly little Darvian decided that he wasn‘t waiting for ups today and jumped into the food scoop when he was being fed. UPS are after we make sure your fed little Mr.
About to jump into this for the Cyprus section of my round the world challenge.
