Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad: book review

Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad Overview: After a bad break-up in London and a dry spell in her acting career, Sonia decides to go back to Palestine for the first time in a decade. While she spent her summers there as a child and teenager, she hadn't wanted to go back. For a break, she decides to stay with her sister, who works at an Israeli university, for a month. Once there, though, Sonia finds a new stage—this time in a production of Hamlet in Palestine. Overall: 4.5 Characters: 5 Sonia is a great main character. She has an incredible amount of depth and the perfect personality for first person narration where she can wind deep inside herself but also perceive small nuances from others with her attuned eye as an actress. She's also the perfect guide into this novel for someone who isn't the most well-versed in Palestinian history as she's grown up in this place but at a distance and never with great interest. Sonia becomes increasingly involved and educated as the...