Home Fire

3.5. A timely, humanizing story about the sacrifices people make to get to (where they think) they want to be. Each character has their faith/cultural background associated with terrorism, and each character responds to these associations differently. Shamsie does a good job presenting different perspectives in a manner that lets each character featured be dimensional, able to both cause and feel pain.

The entire book was kind of a slow burn (no pun intended), and I often get bored when romance is so integral to the plot. But, I think Home Fire brings something valuable to contemporary adult fiction.