House of Glass Hearts
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Maera and her ammi never talk about the Past, a place where they've banished their family's heartache and grief forever. They especially never mention the night Maera's older brother Asad disappeared from her naana's house in Karachi ten years ago. But when her grandfather dies and his derelict greenhouse appears in her backyard from thousands of miles away, Maera is forced to confront the horrors of her grandfather's past. To find out what happened to her brother, she must face the keepers of her family's secrets-the monsters that live inside her grandfather's mysterious house of glass. Seamlessly blending history with myth, HOUSE OF GLASS HEARTS follows a Pakistani-American teen's ruthless quest to find her missing sibling, even if the truth would reveal her grandfather's devastating secret and tear her family apart. In a narrative that switches between colonial India and present-day America, this ambitious debut explores how the horrors of the past continue to shape the lives of South Asians around the world.
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⭐⭐⭐ – overall
⭐ – for the present chapters
⭐⭐⭐⭐ – for the past chapters
I wanted to like this one more than I did! It had such a creative and unique plot, but the writing just wasn't there to do it justice. The weakest part of the narrative was the present time period. The characters felt one dimensional, and I had a difficult time connecting with any of them. That said, the past timeline about India's part in WW2, and their immigration into Pakistan, was by far the best part of this book. The writing was much better. The characters more developed. I wish the entire book had taken place in the past.
