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The first half is very insightful and well written. The second half drops off a bit. The author didn’t take the time to craft the more recent years of her life into a satisfying narrative arc.

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dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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emotional hopeful informative reflective

5.0

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challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

While short/brief I enjoyed this memoir for its heart and emotion. Thinking about my own journey some of the things Habib wrote really moved me, like “leave young people better than you found them” - and this is in reflection of relationships/dating.

I also found their realization that they were using relationships with cis men as a mask to continue to avoid being real with oneself to be profound but also a sneaky way of exploring one’s identity.

Would recommend this book as a little intro into the world of queer Muslim stories because it’s so short and sweet. I’m sure there’s so many more perspectives to explore.

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challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

It felt like the author wanted to expand and say more about certain topics but they ended up stopping themselves. Overall, great piece and highly recommend.

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