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Apr 17, 2022
Ann
marked it as dnf
DNF-ed at 18%.
I really wanted to like it. I chose it to read during Ramadan. It's my first book that's set in Qatar. I liked that the journal style with gratitude prompts was new. But maybe it's because I was reading their journals that the writing felt so pretentious. Nobody says "thus" and "ruckuses" and they're North Americans so I can't blame English as a second language. ...more
I really wanted to like it. I chose it to read during Ramadan. It's my first book that's set in Qatar. I liked that the journal style with gratitude prompts was new. But maybe it's because I was reading their journals that the writing felt so pretentious. Nobody says "thus" and "ruckuses" and they're North Americans so I can't blame English as a second language. ...more
“Human rights. For everyone. Because that was the only way the world made sense. When the arc of care went far and wide, it journeyed and battled to exclude none.”
This was so much more than a romance / and it is a top book of the year for me. The book embraces truth, courage, and love. The female protagonist is so bold in how she takes her activism in the classroom especially: it’s quite remarkable the extent she is willing to speak up and deal with the consequences. The male protagonist has a d ...more
This was so much more than a romance / and it is a top book of the year for me. The book embraces truth, courage, and love. The female protagonist is so bold in how she takes her activism in the classroom especially: it’s quite remarkable the extent she is willing to speak up and deal with the consequences. The male protagonist has a d ...more
A serviceable romance and a commitment to anti-Islamophobia. The back and forth of the two protagonists' voices didn't 100% work for me; as is so often the case in such structures, the voices are too similar to each other. I also lost track of what was an oddity and what a marvel which made that particular structural pattern annoying to me. But the setting (Doha) is evoked well.
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This is very very earnest and cutesy.
Even the title is cutesy: "Love from A to Z" because the characters are Adam and Zayneb.
I'm sure this is an important book for many readers, but it didn't work for me.
I told myself to get to at least 20% before giving up on it, and that's as far as I got. ...more
Even the title is cutesy: "Love from A to Z" because the characters are Adam and Zayneb.
I'm sure this is an important book for many readers, but it didn't work for me.
I told myself to get to at least 20% before giving up on it, and that's as far as I got. ...more
Oct 07, 2020
superawesomekt
marked it as dnf
I didn't finish this because I just wasn't feeling it. I think I would consider finishing it another time but I have too many books in my queue to do it now.
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Jul 22, 2019
Isabel
marked it as to-read
Nov 28, 2019
Lauren⁷ 💜
marked it as to-read
Mar 08, 2020
grace
marked it as to-read
Apr 17, 2020
Vesra (When She Reads)
marked it as to-read
Aug 30, 2022
Cindy
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Jul 17, 2024
Curlysue
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