#The President's Garden

[mibeau]

[Book Review] The President’s Garden🦚

🧮 Score: 4.9/5.0

“A Stunning Read” - Newstalk. Indeed, it is.

■ If you love the works by Khaled Hosseini, you have to read this book. If you empathise with reading “Burned Alive” and “The Stoning of M. Soraya”, you will appreciate this book.

Love, anger, compassion, cruelty and more, are the flavour of life. This book took you on a journey. A glimpse of all the major events in Iraq and of its people. Of the local family system. Of the society’s hierarchy. Of the wars in the 40s, 60s, early 90s and of the revolution in the early 2000s. These chaotic conditions were the streaming backgrounds of the characters’ lives. The book indirectly highlighted the rumours surrounding crises in the Arab world. .

■ Originally authored in Arabic by Muhsin Al-Ramli, it was well-translated by Luke Leafgren. To me, the narration is flawless. In the first few chapters, it seems like a typical Arabic style of storytelling. As we go on, the content is not all over the place. It is well structured. It is deep, but not too deep. Like the curtains of our sights were lifted one at a time. All the small details meant something.

It is thought-provoking yet, did not burden too much. Borderline is gruesome and not. Slight adult content. Well-balanced emotions-play. Everyone is the protagonist in their own lives. Then, when their lives intertwined with others, it created another main story.

■ It began with the discovery of 9 heads found in a banana crate in a small village away from Baghdad, Iraq. One of the heads belongs to Ibrahim the Fated. And the story revolves around the people close to him during his lifetime.

When the President’s Garden was first revealed, I was still cruising, at best, I suspected a few jump-scares and “over-the-top wealthiness”. After time spent in the garden, never I imagined that I would be as shocked as the character was. Unexpectedly, arriving at that one scene, my jaws literally dropped. I was stunned, that I needed a few moments before resumed my reading. And moving forward, the penmanship never stops to impress us. It is amazing how complex this novel is, yet the author manages to convey them nonchalantly. .

■ Apart from the praise-worthy penmanship, what I like about this book is that, subtly, it calls out the wrongful things people did in the name of religion. Unlike “Burned Alive”, in displaying the barbaric, uncultured, materialistic human nature, this book also clarifies that those actions have nothing to do with Islam.

One more thing, the cover design is brilliant. At one glance, it looks like a typical Middle Eastern art with a peacock and swords to boast one's wealth. When you look again, you will notice more details, the hand grenades, bullets and AK-47. Good colour scheme, too.

■ The author played with our emotions till the end of the chapter. There is a sequel to this book titled: "Daughter of the Tigris" I do not have it, yet. But I am very much looking forward to it! I know, it will be as good as this one, if not more.

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[mycrossovers]

[i-aint-got-santa-fe]

IM IN BUSCH GARDENS FOR A FIELD TRIP AND IM TERRIFIED OF ROLLERCOASTERS AND BIG RIDES BUT MY FRIEND WANTED ME TO GO ON ONE SO BEFORE WE STARTED I STARTED SINGING CARRYING THE BANNER AND THEN ONCE IT STARTED I STARTED GRIPPING MY BEST FRIENDS HAND RLLY TIGHT AND SPEWING RANDOM FACTS ABOUT JEREMY JORDAN AND STILL SINGING CARRYING THE BANNER 💀💀💀💀💀💀

Pretty sure people stared at me like I was crazy but it HELPED??????

[cosmogyros]

One of the most valuable things I've ever done for myself is to work really hard on eradicating the concepts of "good" and "bad" from my vocabulary and thoughts. Every time I catch myself saying - or even thinking - that something is "good" or "bad", I try to stop myself, delete that word, and replace it with what I really mean instead.

And no, just synonymizing it - e.g. replacing "bad" with "evil" or "wrong" or "problematic" or "dangerous", or replacing "good" with "helpful" or "beneficial" or "positive" or "acceptable" - doesn't count. You have to actually stop and think for a minute: what do you REALLY mean?

This has done more for my personal intellectual development in recent years than almost anything else. I highly recommend it.

[the-crow-in-the-blooming-tree]

First President Park (Almaty, Kazakhstan)

[grayheartart]

Democrat Propagandist Network MSNBC Un-ironinically Uses Reductio ad Hitlerum and Runs Footage of 1939 Nazi Rally Alongside Trumps Rally at Madison Square Garden

What the party of fear and ignorance, Democrats, forgets to tell their gullible fucking listeners is that Madison Square Garden is no stranger to political events, like JFK here giving his Healthcare Speech from 1962.

Democrats are fearful, pathetic wretches.

[originalleftist]

Here's the thing:

The purpose of Trump's Nazi rally reenactment at Madison Square Garden-in deep blue New York City, targeting key Latino voters with virulently racist attacks-was not to win the election.

It's to rile up his mob for violence when he loses.

The biggest loser knows he's losing again. So he's once more signalling his mob to "stand by".

But this time, Federal law enforcement and the National Guard during the transition period won't be commanded by the conspirators, but by President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.

[timberlakegallery]

The Forget Tomorrow World Tour at the Madison Square Garden in New York, NY.

Photo by Kevin Mazur

[flowersinurbia]

Three cheers to Kamala Harris. Keep counting.

[simply-ivanka]

[half-life-crisis]

With the #PresidentialElection just a few days away, #Kamala #Harris and Donald #Trump presented their #closingarguments #speech to the #voters. #VoteWisely America!

https://halflifecrisis.com/hlc-articles/closing-statements-from-trump-and-kamala…

The contrast is very stark, I'm #voting for the person who acts like a #functionaladult.

[i-aint-got-santa-fe]

I'm home now. And sad. No more screaming Santa Fe :(

And!! I now officially LOVE rollercoasters!!! (Way too happy about this)

I genuinely used to hate them, and now it's just SO FUN!!!

I had a wonderful time with my friends <3 I'll never forget this trip!

My best friend, @oneir4taxia , came w me :33 !!

[katnissandpeetamellark]

[corujalesbica]

This is so overwhelming, I need a queer adult to hug me and tell me it's gonna be okay

[jacks-weird-world]

And don't you come back, no more, no more, no more, no more... 🎶

[purplepersonthing]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, OVER THE GARDEN WALL...

and me...

YAY YOU'RE TURNING 10