Reviews - The Reluctant Fundamentalist

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The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Mohsin Hamid

3.72 AVERAGE

ceejcook's review against another edition

4.5

emotional reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kmcardle94's review against another edition

2.75

mysterious reflective medium-paced

corajohnston's review against another edition

4.0

This was a very interesting book. It was almost a five star read. The ending was the only thing keeping it from being a five star for me. This really gave me a lot to think about. What I got the most from this book was learning more about post 9/11 and ways it effected immigrants during that time. Would highly recommend

brittanieshey's review against another edition

2.0

Overly simplistic, lacking in scope and just plain disappointing. Others have said that Hamid shirks with a controversial topic — when the book was first published a few years he may have been pulling his punches, but now more than 10 years after the 9/11 attacks, the themes of this book seem superficial at best. And don't get me started on the thinly-veiled symbolism. Lazy, but compelling, until the last page, when you just feel let down by the conclusion.

grlong's review against another edition

2.0

Dull. You want to care about the protagonist but you can't. The narrative structure is unusual and compelling, but the overall experience is bland and not worth the first effort.

kat1a_5's review against another edition

3.0

Meriterebbe almeno una stella in più, per l'escalation e il significato. Ma non ho apprezzato molto la forma-monologo e la presenza di qualche refuso
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