Review of Bedu: Bedouin Boy, Poet King

[Rajma Chawal]

[Following is a volunteer review of "Bedu: Bedouin Boy, Poet King" by David W. Sutherland and Paul McKellips.]

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2 out of 4 stars

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Bedu: Bedouin Boy, Poet King is a story of a twenty-one year old boy, Bedu, who lives in Damascus with his family along with his seven sheeps and four goats. They had a very simple living. Bedu's life took a sharp turn when King Melchior, who came looking for his old friend, Abbas, the shephard boy, gave him five gold coins and sent him off an adventure. This story is all about Bedu's journey of finding himself, about who he was, who he is and who he forever will be. In his journey, he learns the true meaning of his culture.

The positive aspects of this story is how easily one can relate with Bedu through his journey and events that happened with him. Not quite literally though as the story itself is set in 30 A.D. but from the learnings of Bedu, through his stars that can be found true even in modern days. Writers David W. Sutherland and Paul McKellips did a nice work in the character devlopment of Bedu, the Poet King.

This story is only told from the point of views of Bedu and that could be the negative point. Not knowing about what happens with Bedu's family back in Damascus when he was not around, Yasmin's life in Bsharri and answers to some more questions could be a little bit annoying. Also, there were times when it fells like this certain point is being stretched unnecessary which makes the story kind of boring.

I rate this book 2 out of 4 stars. The storytelling of the book is quite decent and I wanted to give a good rating but I took away one star because of lack of plots in the story which keeps it intresting for the readers. To be fair, there must be something in the story that makes the reader eager to turn the next page, but this book lacks that. I won't personally say that this book is very good but some readers may find it one-time-read-and-hide-it-somewhere-and-then-forget-about-it kind of book.

As I said earlier, I won't personally recommend this book to anyone but if someone is into historical fictions or into some decent storytelling and is not ready for some major plot twists, this could be for them.

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Bedu: Bedouin Boy, Poet King
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