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Isabel
is on page 145 of 356
the class is rarely discussed and brought in and out of the story in a very thrown together way - almost like an afterthought
3.) this book doesn’t know what it wants to be. is it a full on memoir? is it about the girls different POVS of classical literature that has been banned? is it just about the teacher and how teaching was affected after the war?
— Sep 05, 2024 02:23PM
3.) this book doesn’t know what it wants to be. is it a full on memoir? is it about the girls different POVS of classical literature that has been banned? is it just about the teacher and how teaching was affected after the war?
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Isabel
is on page 150 of 356
i’m not saying you can’t talk about all these things in one book but there needs to be some kind of structure - it reads like the author is just writing about whatever she wants on whatever day she wrote it
it feels like there was no planning or focus
- this is a great first draft but not a finished product
— Sep 05, 2024 02:24PM
it feels like there was no planning or focus
- this is a great first draft but not a finished product
Isabel
is on page 130 of 356
1.) each section covers the same conflicts that come with living in iran. everyone’s experience is important and i appreciated learning more about life in tehran; however, the issues discussed are very repetitive to the point where it all blurred together. each book that Nafasi talks about with her students are banned for the same reasons.
2.) there’s no narrative thread despite what the blurb says
— Sep 05, 2024 02:20PM
2.) there’s no narrative thread despite what the blurb says
