i guess i owe this book my left lung because it got me so engrossed in reading that i finished it within a week (this hasn't happened in x amount of yi guess i owe this book my left lung because it got me so engrossed in reading that i finished it within a week (this hasn't happened in x amount of years)
so let's get into it
my first and only disclaimer i'm going to offer: yes i understand this is one muslim girl's experience and we are all on different paths in our journeys, but one thing you must understand, Muslims are people and people are flawed, but Islam is a religion and you can't pick and choose and change that as u please
so if you're going to have your character do flawed thing and make up her own rules, all i'm saying is ADDRESS IT, don't just brush it under the rug
that is all
moving on. (and you're in for spoilers, so watch out)
Maya is truly the villain of this story. my god this girl is so dense. she thinks the whole world is out to get her and to judge her, but honestly NO ONE REALLY CARES
she makes it seem like her mom and her community have judgmental stares on everything she does, but in reality (and you see it on paper) they genuinely don't give 2 craps about her life. and her mom isn't the witch she is made out to be. she's actually very understanding and loving
like Maya is the only one restricting her own life and then she whines about it????
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next up, for our main course we have.....Cheating as the Plot
that's right, you didn't misread that (though i wish i did)
I cannot forgive the act of cheating on a normal day, and i think we can all agree that cheaters = bad bad bad, but it's ESPECIALLY bad for Muslims bc we have very restricted interactions with the opposite gender to start with, so SO KISSING A BOY WHILE YOU'RE ENGAGED
NOT EXACTLY GONNA MAKE YOU THE HERO OF THIS STORY
and guys it gets better
the guy she KISSED, the guy she CHEATED ON HER FIANCE WITH.....
IT'S HIS ESTRANGED BROTHER
so excuse me when i think that maya, the main character, is a bad person. she's trying to play this off as like omg im with my fiancé bc of convenience bc being a brown muslim girl is so hard and no one lets you do anything unless your married and omg this guy i just met on the airplane makes me FEEL THINGS and thats why i need to live my teenage years and kiss him
and imagine it ended there guys, imagine i would be able to sleep well at night
but no
after this girl, flies her whole family out to Pakistan for this wedding, she tells her mom HOURS BEFORE THE CEREMONY that she doesn't love her fiance, her fiance (a hero in all this mess btw) overhears and is like 'ok no problem at all, i will take the blame so no one talks bad about you and btw since ur into my brother... let me GIVE YOU A RIDE ON MY MOTOCYCLE TO CATCH UP TO HIM BEFORE HE LEAVES'
what in the dayooth behaviour is this
anyways, my main qualm with this whole story is that it just seems like any time Maya is opposing my religion or culture, then it's celebrated
like maya breaks off her engagement and starts DATING her ex-fiance's older brother and somehow everything is good with her life
WHEN THE WHOLE PROBLEM HAS BEEN HER ALWAYS AND FOREVER SHE WILL BE THE PROBLEM
and the forced proximity trope was used like 1482981 times. im not even kidding, how were they forced to share a bed 3 separate times??? life is truly insane
and this is not a dig at the author, i love seeing muslim written stories and i want to support them, but it's also my right to speak out about them and the representation
one good aspect about the book, it was entertaining and it lowkey cured my reading depression lol
screaming, crying, and throwing up. this book made me sob for hours, it is quite literally the opposite of my happy place. emily henry, you will be hescreaming, crying, and throwing up. this book made me sob for hours, it is quite literally the opposite of my happy place. emily henry, you will be hearing from my lawyers ...more
i'm obsessed with them and it's utter nonsense. i am DISGUSTED in myselfi'm obsessed with them and it's utter nonsense. i am DISGUSTED in myself...more
Ali Hazelwood if you ever stop writing this marshmallow fluff nonsense, it's on SIGHT Ali Hazelwood if you ever stop writing this marshmallow fluff nonsense, it's on SIGHT ...more
i'm glad this book didn't do the obvious reveal. i sat there thinking i was soooo clever for figuring it out but then the ACTUAL reveal came and i wasi'm glad this book didn't do the obvious reveal. i sat there thinking i was soooo clever for figuring it out but then the ACTUAL reveal came and i was left like ......oh.....guess i'm not as smart as i thought
interesting twist, i didn't see it coming at all.
though when i did go to back track and fact check if the twist was possible, i feel like i found some plot holes, but i guess that's just me being picky
i will say i enjoyed listening to this one. very atmospheric, very engaging, i just wanted to know what was going to happen next - and i havent had that feeling in a while so
the ending was a bit disappointing in my opinion (view spoiler)[the way she just got away with everything. even when she reveals what she did to her husband, he's just able to go along with it.....yeah okay (hide spoiler)]
i breezed through this and couldn't stop thinking about it while i was away from it
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i breezed through this and couldn't stop thinking about it while i was away from it
the writing is haunting, absolutely beautiful but also totally gross and dark at the same time.
it's a story about family but also not, a story that has so many twists and turns you don't see coming and then an ending that makes sense but also breaks your heart
not going to forget about this one for a while...more
if someone breathes too hard near david, it's ON SIGHT
truly, this book was unnecessary to the series and didn't have the tightest plot line, but i jusif someone breathes too hard near david, it's ON SIGHT
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i thoroughly enjoyed chloe brown and red a lot more this time around. i think my main qualms on my first read was tmy reread attempt was a success!!!
i thoroughly enjoyed chloe brown and red a lot more this time around. i think my main qualms on my first read was that i was rushing through it (i forced myself into a readathon that i was clearly not ready for), and the audiobook didn't click me with
reading it in a physical format did wonderssss for my experience this time around, chloe and red are SO!!! BLOODY!!! CUTE!!! and their banter is next level. i can't wait to continue on with this series oh my god
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