Summary Of Forgotten Fire By Adam Bagdasarian

Inspired by his great uncle's experiences in the Armenian Genocide, Adam Bagdasarian draws readers into Forgotten Fire, with the realistic, disturbing, and heart rending events portrayed in his novel. In Forgotten Fire, Vahan Kenderian's world is turned upside down once his father is escorted from his own home by multiple Turkish arms of the law, just as every other Armenian male, and was murdered. Eventually, more officers approached Vahan's home, first breaking in and interrogating his mother, then murdering Vahan's oldest brothers before his eyes. As the soldiers came back one last time, Vahan was forced to leave his home, along with his two sisters, brother, mother, and grandmother. Vahan witnessed more deaths of his family members, and felt hunger and thirst for the first time in his life. Vahan kept trying to escape, and although he was without his family, he met many people who tried to either help or harm him. Vahan then ended his journey safely in Constantinople, although the events he has witnessed still haunted him.

I found that the plot was very intriguing and kept me from putting the book down. Each event made me want to read more, for example, when Vahan's oldest brothers were murdered, and the rest of his family was sent to a prison. These events kept me drawn in, making me want to read more. The book was written well, but I did find that there was a lot of repetition with information and words on a single page, which did get to be annoying at times, because I felt like I was reading the same thing multiple