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The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi
Shannon A. Chakraborty
2023 · Fantasy
How it reads
The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi is fantasy (historical fantasy adventure, specifically), and its dominant mood is adventurous. It's driven by momentum, discovery and getting into trouble. It moves fast: plot-driven and hard to put down, the kind of book that carries you along even when you're tired.
It's set in an international setting, in the historical past, told in the first person by a single narrator. Its central concerns are family, redemption and friendship. In weight it sits in the middle: substantial without being heavy going.
It opens a series. The ending resolves happily. It's well known, the kind of book most keen readers have heard of.
Pick it up if…
- you're in the mood for something adventurous
- you want a book that pulls you through
- you want to be sure it ends well
Maybe not if…
- you need something cosy or melancholy
- you want dense, lingering prose
All 15 dimensions
- Genre
- fantasy
- Author gender
- female
- Author experience
- established
- Setting: place
- international
- Setting: time
- historical
- Mood / feeling
- adventurous
- Pace
- fast paced
- Tone / weight
- balanced
- Length
- medium
- Narrative style
- first person, one narrator
- Publication era
- new release
- Popularity
- well known
- Series vs standalone
- first in a series
- Themes
- family, redemption, friendship
- Ending style
- resolved and happy
What these mean: the 15 dimensions of a book.
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