Welcome to Litsy!

Another wonderful book by Shafak. She doesn't just write a story. She's weaving it.Each scene, each sentence a tiny string in a big, beautiful carpet of a plot. It made me value water even more, but not only this - I got a new feeling for how connected we all are. Not just linear, but over time and continents. It's hard to describe the feeling, that's moving inside of me, when I think about this book, so I don't even try.
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I‘m now 3 for 3 in books that didn‘t live up to my high hopes. I‘m giving it a pick because I learned exactly what went on in Flint that probably caused the lead crisis, but the narrative was all over the place and the tone was off. She tries to strike a conversational, storytelling tone but I found it a little too informal in places, and she comes across a little bit manic, impulsively shooting off e-mails and such

3⭐️

Amazing!!! So beautiful... I don't really have any other words! I was dubious at the beginning... It felt a bit Cloud Atlas (which I didn't love) but by the gut wrenching end I was completely swept away by all those intermingling rivers.

Im just not a fan of this author. Her character dialogue is juvenile, basic. This is a adults fiction book with fully grown adults as characters and honestly there's better dialogue out there in YA.
There's also a lot of personal rants in here. The whole rant about fish and sanitary towels is one example of how information is shoe horned into the narrative. Its awkward.
And there's no trust of the reader. A good author will show not tell.