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The Loophole by Naz Kutub

7 reviews

mesy_mark's review against another edition

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adventurous fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

 Sy and Farouk broke up when Farouk was off somewhere in the world while Sy is in America. Then he meets Reggie who offers him three wishes and it is his chance to get his love back.

This is a fast-paced book. Ubfortuebtly I think the pacing was too fast as it only allowed surface-level stuff of some very traumatic shit just to occur and then be moved on with like it was a change of the channel. We're talking abuse and riots. But I was able to lose myself in the book as it was interesting to see what next big thing would happen next. Reggie, a problem drinker, with connections everywhere, is our Jinn for this book takes on a mathyology approach having some chapters telling the story of the Jinn.

I can see where this book isn't for everyone where the traumatic situations are way too glossed over and believe me they are, but I was looking for a book to just have fun in. And while this book is more of going from event to event without any depth for this time point of my listening to it it was what I needed. 

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mmmmmm's review

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adventurous funny hopeful fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

i wanted to love this, but the pacing felt really odd to me, and i wish we’d gotten to know the characters in more depth. a lot of it felt incredibly surface level, especially considering the themes and topics the author was trying to discuss. would speculate that there was an incredibly white team behind this who sanitised the details and missed a white woman calling a brown boy her little curry puff (dear god). 

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delz's review

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This story is so well written and paced, with well developed, lovable characters. This is three stories tied together by Reggie, Sy’s benefactor who is sarcastic;inebriated all the time and truly has a heart of gold. The story begins with Sy who is moping over his ex, Farouk, while working his barista job, when a girl slams into the front window of the store. No one goes to help her so Sy takes the initiative, the girl is Reggie and she’s so appreciative she gives him three wishes. He thinks it’s a joke and immediately wishes for a million $’s, but low and behold a million dollars appears in his account. We then meet the family Sy loves, his mom and his sister and then there’s Baba, a sour, misogynistic, homophobe who has no issue beating his son. Woven throughout the story there’s a retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice. There’s adventure while Sy claims his wishes and a touch of magical realism. Loophole is an endearing story everyone will fall in love with.

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baylan's review

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adventurous challenging hopeful reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75

 Could've been a flat 1-star rating if not for the valuable messages the story contained. The execution though? yeesh 

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noyastan's review

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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phua_jieying's review against another edition

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4.75


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pagesofbellerose's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

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