Reviews - ‫قواعد العشق الأربعون: The Forty Rules of Love‬

2.25k reviews for:

‫قواعد العشق الأربعون: The Forty Rules of Love‬

جلال الدين الرومي, Elif Shafak, خالد الجبيلي

3.87 AVERAGE

2.25k reviews for:

‫قواعد العشق الأربعون: The Forty Rules of Love‬

جلال الدين الرومي, Elif Shafak, خالد الجبيلي

3.87 AVERAGE

ilovecupsoftea's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional hopeful informative slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

degroot_maartje's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

zeela01's review against another edition

A good story and plot...
First Elif Şafak book i read and tbh i have read it twice already...

esander1789's review against another edition

4.0

A lovely book. For someone who has an interest in religion of any kind, it’s a five star read!

saskiami's review against another edition

1.75

slow-paced

Perhaps it was more groundbreaking in 2009. What could’ve been accomplished in a short story dragged on and on with so many random POVs that took us away from the story at the centre, meaning that we never got to truly know Rumi and Shams or understand their love. Dare I say it read like fanfiction as well.

While I enjoyed learning about Sufism and agree with its main idea—that people are more important than scripture—both Ella and Rumi used that idea to justify abandoning their parental duties. I support Ella leaving her asshole husband, and even travelling with Aziz, but moving to another continent while 2/3 of her kids are still in high school? Hell no.