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This is a weird book to rate. There's some BEAUTIFUL lines in this but it's such a clunky compilation as a whole. I'm also kinda confused why you would go "Romeo and Juliet" in Israel-Palestine and not have it end like a Shakespean tragedy and be very surface level about the geopolitical conflict. It just seemed a little rushed. I don't know why it's so short.

Romeo & Juliet meets the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in verse! SOLD!

I really liked the idea behind this book and the cultural aspects, but I just couldn‘t get into it in general. The verse didn‘t work for me and it was just hard to follow and the writing didn‘t do the idea justice.

#Jolabokaflod read.

This book is written in prose. Though the words are limited, they are very powerful! #bookquote

Reminds me of
"Parting is such a sweet sorrow..."

This book is definitely something ?

This gorgeous cover caught my eye in the YA section of my library cuz LOOK AT THE PRETTY! Unfortunately the book does not deliver on the promise made by the cover, starting with the fact that the description of Ronit is nothing like how she looks on the cover. It got interesting for a few pages in the middle when they were both arguing their side of the political conflict, but then they apparently got past that way too easily.

#readathon book 2 finished. I really wanted to like this one. But it was just too confusing. The two voices got convoluted, I couldn't tell who was speaking, and there were some formatting errors that even swapped their voices at one point. Sad, because the concept is great, but the execution just didn't happen.

Starting #readathon book 2!

This book is based on Romeo and Juliet, but set in present day Palestine, with an Israeli girl and Palestinian boy. I was so stoked for this book, and the wonderful cover doesn't hurt either. But it just felt incomplete and a little confusing. Disappointing read.

This retelling of Romeo and Juliet, set in Israel and Palestine, was not what I was expecting. It was written in verse, which I did not care for. Because of that style, it was hard to get a full picture of the situation or characters. If a reader were not familiar with the conflict in that region, it would not be fully explained.

I feel like this had so much potential...classic retelling with a diverse twist. Some of the verse was written beautifully but the story just didn't really come through strong enough. For me this one just fell kind of flat. 2/5⭐️#twostars #meh #retelling #bookreview

Next up from my #borrowathon #TBR!! #retelling #verse

#RonitAndJamil 🍀🍀 two clovers. I loved that this book was a diverse retelling of Romeo and Juliet BUT it just wasn't believable. In the original, it is obvious that R+J are madly in love and there's no way to deny this. But in the retelling (written in verse), the love seems forced and I don't buy it. I think an #OwnVoices story would have been 1000x better. As a reader, you can tell when the author knows what they're talking about.

Spent all morning before work running errands and got through my last audiobook much quicker than usual. So downloaded this quick listen.

Finally read this Romeo & Juliet retelling set in the MidEast (Israel & Palestine) and written in verse. I have mixed feelings. It works well on some levels, but so much teen angst.

Morning love in caffeinated form! Have a good day, Littens!

Today's #bookhaul 💜💜💜

Starting this Romeo & Juliet retelling (eGalley). A novel in verse set in the Mideast. Mr BFR is out of surgery. I'm still waiting to see him, but all is well. Phew.

I liked this book. A modern re-telling of Romeo and Juliet, in verse, staring an Israeli girl and a Palestinian boy. A great book for learning about what's going on there as well as seeing that we're really not all that different.

ARC score from today. Skinny book; hopefully done soon!

30 minutes early to a long dentist appointment sand it's icing outside, so enjoying this in my warm, dry car.