There Are Rivers in the Sky
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Beiträge
Fesselnde Geschichten, die miteinander verbunden sind...
Es geht in diesem Buch um vier Geschichten die in verschieden Jahren ca. 640 v. Chr. (Dies ist die Grundvorgeschichte), viktorianisches Zeitalter (ab 1840) und moderne(2014 + 2018) stattfinden, jedoch alle miteinander verbunden durch verschiedene Themen wie die Bedeutung von Wasser, Flucht, Herkunft/Religion. Diese Geschichten werden nicht der Reihe nach, sondern immer wieder abgewechselnd erzählt, die in verschiedene Abschnitte unterteilt sind. Besonders schön fand ich die Gegenstände oder Orte, die in den Geschichten als Verbindungspunkte genutzt wurde. Man erhält Einblicke in die Erlebnisse von einer Minderheit und Geflüchteten, wie diese benachteiligt oder sogar schlimme Schicksale erleiden müssen.
Heartbreaking/ warming
I had really hoped I would love this book, but I didn't. It's not that I didn't like parts of it. Quite the opposite: There were aspects that I loved so much, like the closeness to real lives and events and the insight into many eye-opening, thought-provoking topics and problems of the world. I got to know many new, unfamiliar perspectives into real people's lives and it was terrifying and necessary, I believe. The characters were nice. I loved Arthur, who would probably get an autism diagnosis nowadays, and Zahleekah, who represents more than a handful of modern people. My heart broke for Narin and her family- some sentences from her perspective just made tear up, gasp out loud, or both. And this is what annoys me so much. I wished so badly that the writing was better. Three points especially almost made me DNF: Firstly, the overuse of enumerations that are up to half a page long and happen every other page. It made it hard to get into the feelings of the story and had to skip over many of them in order not to lose my thought. Secondly, continuing from the first point, is that the connections and similes she used with water were so unnecessary sometimes that they punched me in the face with blatancy. Yes, obviously the main motiv is water, but not everything had to be compared to rain or the river. There were some truly beautiful messages and passages in this book, but most of them were kind of ruined by the "like a river that xy" or "the teardrop that has seen this and that". Just mentioning a single teardrop is obviously referring to the single teardrop from before, no need to get into too much detail (again!). Lastly, a lot felt forced. I don't know how to describe it, but the connection between the three characters was both beautifully simple and boringly predictable. I wish there was more space for the characters to evolve outside of their one major plot. The depth of the characters, the topics, was not always tangible. Unless anybody wants to read more about Arabic cultures and archaeology and climate change and LGBTQ+ and traumatizing scenarios in one book, I would not necessarily recommend it. I am glad I read it but I am also very glad to be finished finally.
Beiträge
Fesselnde Geschichten, die miteinander verbunden sind...
Es geht in diesem Buch um vier Geschichten die in verschieden Jahren ca. 640 v. Chr. (Dies ist die Grundvorgeschichte), viktorianisches Zeitalter (ab 1840) und moderne(2014 + 2018) stattfinden, jedoch alle miteinander verbunden durch verschiedene Themen wie die Bedeutung von Wasser, Flucht, Herkunft/Religion. Diese Geschichten werden nicht der Reihe nach, sondern immer wieder abgewechselnd erzählt, die in verschiedene Abschnitte unterteilt sind. Besonders schön fand ich die Gegenstände oder Orte, die in den Geschichten als Verbindungspunkte genutzt wurde. Man erhält Einblicke in die Erlebnisse von einer Minderheit und Geflüchteten, wie diese benachteiligt oder sogar schlimme Schicksale erleiden müssen.
Heartbreaking/ warming
I had really hoped I would love this book, but I didn't. It's not that I didn't like parts of it. Quite the opposite: There were aspects that I loved so much, like the closeness to real lives and events and the insight into many eye-opening, thought-provoking topics and problems of the world. I got to know many new, unfamiliar perspectives into real people's lives and it was terrifying and necessary, I believe. The characters were nice. I loved Arthur, who would probably get an autism diagnosis nowadays, and Zahleekah, who represents more than a handful of modern people. My heart broke for Narin and her family- some sentences from her perspective just made tear up, gasp out loud, or both. And this is what annoys me so much. I wished so badly that the writing was better. Three points especially almost made me DNF: Firstly, the overuse of enumerations that are up to half a page long and happen every other page. It made it hard to get into the feelings of the story and had to skip over many of them in order not to lose my thought. Secondly, continuing from the first point, is that the connections and similes she used with water were so unnecessary sometimes that they punched me in the face with blatancy. Yes, obviously the main motiv is water, but not everything had to be compared to rain or the river. There were some truly beautiful messages and passages in this book, but most of them were kind of ruined by the "like a river that xy" or "the teardrop that has seen this and that". Just mentioning a single teardrop is obviously referring to the single teardrop from before, no need to get into too much detail (again!). Lastly, a lot felt forced. I don't know how to describe it, but the connection between the three characters was both beautifully simple and boringly predictable. I wish there was more space for the characters to evolve outside of their one major plot. The depth of the characters, the topics, was not always tangible. Unless anybody wants to read more about Arabic cultures and archaeology and climate change and LGBTQ+ and traumatizing scenarios in one book, I would not necessarily recommend it. I am glad I read it but I am also very glad to be finished finally.