The Next New Syrian Girl

An important story with some very powerful and intense themes (and realities). Absolutely no regrets about picking this one up, and it's given me some insight and some further research to do. I think the main reason I couldn't bring myself to love it was because of the relationship between Khadija and her younger brother. I think Khadija is a tough character to love sometimes. She's flawed and working through a lot, and I respect that. But there was something about that particular relationship that made me not trust her? Difficult to explain. I was grateful for Leene's perspective, but sometimes the dual narrative between two such different girls left me a little unstable.