Status Updates From The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Notes for myself: Changez doesn’t perceive E to be an actual human. Too enamoured with his own feelings — blinded by lust and potential; can’t see that E sees him only as a friend.

Did he ever see her as anything but? Language used in book is often gendered and there have been comments objectifying women — relating objects to

book club read

I find it kind of strange that Dex had never heard the sound of crickets before. I get that he lives in a monastery, but he also was a kid once, not being a monk. I wonder if he just did not like going outside as a kid