Prophet-Song

BookNotes author: Paul-Lynch

• Fascism can happy anywhere. Anyone can become a refugee.
• Long. close interior paragraphs puts you almost in the head of Eilish but held at a distance.
• Eilish is in denial of the situation, stays within the warzone, wanting her husband and son to come back.
• Feels claustrophobic and tense throughout, with a couple of really shocking moments.
• The details of the situation are left vague, with the focus on the day to day survival instead. The main character isn’t sure so we never are.
• State and laws are agreed upon fictions that can be taken away without warning.
• No happy ending, no release.
• A powerful plea for empathy with refugees when we need it most.