Sabrina (glassbutterfly) -
Someone new to Donya Al-Nahi will probably give this book five stars, but for me....
Well I could have saved myself some time if I had skipped past the first seven chapters. The whole first half of the book is a rushed version of her first book HEROINE OF THE DESERT.
I don't know why she felt the need to put so much of her first book in this one. She said in an authors note that the first chapters of this book would cover some of the same things as her first book but the way it was going I thought I was going to read the whole thing over again. She could have made her point and then went on to tell about her own children.
When she finally startes telling about how her own children were abducted from her it feels really briefe and you don't really get a sense of great joy once she is reunited with her children because she hasn't drawn you in to her feeelings very well.
I really enjoyed her first book, but this one was just ok.....
Well I could have saved myself some time if I had skipped past the first seven chapters. The whole first half of the book is a rushed version of her first book HEROINE OF THE DESERT.
I don't know why she felt the need to put so much of her first book in this one. She said in an authors note that the first chapters of this book would cover some of the same things as her first book but the way it was going I thought I was going to read the whole thing over again. She could have made her point and then went on to tell about her own children.
When she finally startes telling about how her own children were abducted from her it feels really briefe and you don't really get a sense of great joy once she is reunited with her children because she hasn't drawn you in to her feeelings very well.
I really enjoyed her first book, but this one was just ok.....
