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The Good Children
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Solid 4.5! This book has been out for a while, why nobody else is talking about it???
This is an amazing so well-crafted story of four siblings who were raised by an unconventional mean mother in Lahore, Pakistan.
“She grieves for the living; those who are falling apart, their pieces shattering on the ground, scattering with the wind. For those who do not believe, or belong. For those who have lived with the opposites of love, with hate and loneliness. The blood bursting from their open wounds like poppies springing from broken ground.”
The story follows these four siblings, Sully, Jakie, Mae and Lana since they were kids until they become grown-ups with families of their own and with their own lives, which spread on different parts of the world.
The narrative moves us back and forth constantly letting us see why each one of them is the way it is and what triggered their personality traits and faults. The characterization was awesome, these siblings couldn't be more different one from the other and knowing how differently each one of them dealt with life was amazing. My favorite POV was probably Sully's, as the older brother he's the one with more things to work out and by the end, you do see a big difference in him—in all of them, really but his growth is the most noticeable.
“I'm afraid of myself. Afraid of being happy.”
The books moves us not only through Lahore but also through the US and England and there's a big nice set of characters besides our protagonists which have their own part in the overall story.
It's an amazing family saga full of love, friendship, partnership, wit and awesome writing. Highly recommend this book!
This is an amazing so well-crafted story of four siblings who were raised by an unconventional mean mother in Lahore, Pakistan.
“She grieves for the living; those who are falling apart, their pieces shattering on the ground, scattering with the wind. For those who do not believe, or belong. For those who have lived with the opposites of love, with hate and loneliness. The blood bursting from their open wounds like poppies springing from broken ground.”
The story follows these four siblings, Sully, Jakie, Mae and Lana since they were kids until they become grown-ups with families of their own and with their own lives, which spread on different parts of the world.
The narrative moves us back and forth constantly letting us see why each one of them is the way it is and what triggered their personality traits and faults. The characterization was awesome, these siblings couldn't be more different one from the other and knowing how differently each one of them dealt with life was amazing. My favorite POV was probably Sully's, as the older brother he's the one with more things to work out and by the end, you do see a big difference in him—in all of them, really but his growth is the most noticeable.
“I'm afraid of myself. Afraid of being happy.”
The books moves us not only through Lahore but also through the US and England and there's a big nice set of characters besides our protagonists which have their own part in the overall story.
It's an amazing family saga full of love, friendship, partnership, wit and awesome writing. Highly recommend this book!
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Started Reading
April, 2021
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Finished Reading
April 14, 2021
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