Rating: 4/5
I'm not sure where to begin with this one. The writing is great. It captures the insanity of a war torn country, how it rips families apart, and the lengths people will go to for survival. I felt like I knew and understood the characters in a short period of time. And yet I still feel like I will never be able to fully understand what it means to live through something like this.
There is a lot of detail in the early portion of the book that helps ratchet up the tension later. It goes into the mundane aspects of these characters' lives without getting boring. Instead it sets the scene for things to come.
One element that might throw readers off is related to the doors. At first I wasn't sure what to make of them. These doors are a means for escape and go a long way to mirror the situation of refugees in the real world. It becomes haunting in a way. Just don't allow yourself to get hung up on the fantastic nature of the doors. They allow the story to move in a way that it simply couldn't without them, which keeps things progressing.
The doors don't prevent the book from changing pace though. It does slow down in the latter part of the story. I am both pleased and disappointed with the way the story ends. It's worth taking the journey with these characters.
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