A review by eren_reads
Undiscovered by Gabriela Wiener

emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

The strangest thing about being alone here in Paris, in an anthropology museum gallery more or less beneath the Eiffel Tower, is the thought that all these statuettes that look like me were wrenched from my country by a man whose last name I inherited.

At the very beginning of this book I was so convinced that I would give this a 5 stars. The first few chapters were so beautifully written and the first chapter, in particular, provided some really poignant reflections on museums and how they are filled with stolen artifacts from other countries. 

However, as the book continued, I found my enthusiasm waning. When the author was writing about colonialism and the experience of living with a dual identity, the nationality of the colonised and the coloniser, it was so beautiful. Despite that, I can't give it above a 3.5 because there was such a large focus on the characters/authors sex life and I didn't really understand what the point was in having it be such a large focus.