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The Forty Rules of Love

Elif Shafak

Start date: July 19, 2023

Finish date: September 13, 2023

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Apr 01, 2018 Neeshma Nazar Ayyaril rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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This is a life changing Book.

I haven't read any powerful book since Candid by Voltaire.

It is a simple..pure..honest..And heartbreaking book.

On top of this...the writing itself is so exotic.

I haven't read any other book with this many POVs and yet so clear.

Character development is amazing.

I really need to know about Rumi and Shams.

I cannot agree with what Shams did to Kimya, that is really an improper thing to do!!!

Is this story which is within the story real?

Or I'm I hallucinating!

Kimya ,dear k ...more

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Nov 22, 2015 Suzi Sultan rated it it was amazing

A beautiful different kind of story that makes you change your views on everything!

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Dec 13, 2014 Anam Tariq rated it it was amazing

One of the best books I've read! The forty rules have surely made me rethink of many things in my life. It has questioned my beliefs. And it has certainly given a new perspective for the meaning of 'love'.
It deserves to be read again and again for the message it sends and for the meaning it gives to the reader.

It might have taken me a while to finish it, but now that I have, I want to go back to it again.

This book changes you a little, if not a lot, by the end of it. And it's a very pleasant ...more

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