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The Centre

Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi

3.56 AVERAGE

juliaaruth's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

illiterat3's review against another edition

2.0

funny slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

nicholiibre's review against another edition

3.75

funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

brittanyc's review

3.0

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

adhesivedolphin's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book reminded me of Babel and Natural Beauty. I did find the twist a little obvious, but that might be because I've read books with similar plots recently. I did find that the perspective of a Pakistani translator was unique and added a lot to the book. I ready this in two sitting, so it was an engaging and interesting read. I enjoyed a lot of the asides about the power of mother tongues for polyglots. I think those little asides were my favourite point of the book, really highlighting how the language you think and dream in affects the way you see and interact with the world.