Figurative Language

One thing I like about how Brooks writes is how she explains everything in detail like when Lola returns to Sarajevo "She smelled the familiar city scents of wet pavement, rotting garbage, and burning coal." This really helps create a picture in the readers mind and makes the book more interesting and easier to connect to. I also like how Brooks uses similies in her writing like when she explains the library that Serif is hiding the haggadah  in the mountains. "The walls were white, each with stone laid alongside the next with the precision of an elaborate jigsaw puzzle." I am enjoying this book a lot so far and like how it keeps your attention.