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Zeina Abirached recounts some anecdotes about her life in Beirut, Lebanon during the civil war between Christians and Muslims.
While I liked her drawing style, the content feels more like a list of anecdotes without much, if any, explanation about the nature of the conflict.

#BookReport 24/21

I am back on track with my reading I suppose. All these books in one week despite EURO 2020 ⚽️, still watching Lost and summer weather. But my concentration is lousy and I think I didn‘t do the books I read this week enough credit.

This graphic novel set in wartime #Lebanon was an okay read. The concept of the book is good, despite the subject the book is more fun than educating.

#ReadingAsia2021 🇱🇧 #Booked2021 #SetInCountryWhereUNPeacekeepersAre

I should be doing homework, but decided to procrastinate and read this tonight! 😎

I flew through book 7 of #24in48. I loved it and I'm gonna need to reread it more slowly later. Still got half an hour left in the readathon!

This method of storytelling is unique but extremely effective. In under 100 pages readers are able to gain a real understanding for life in Beirut during the civil war. Each page is a series of " I remember's, sometimes funny, sometimes full of emotion, but all of them showing the realities of living through war. Beautiful and meaningful.

After reading A Game for Swallows, I decided I would move on to her other memoir. It is basically a collection of memories from the war that is the centre of her first memoir. It was okay, but the first one is way better. The art is still awesome, though. I would say give it a read if you can borrow it (or have Scribd) but don't rush out and buy it.