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lunagirl_alice's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, and Terminal illness
Minor: Medical content, Racial slurs, Racism, and Cultural appropriation
thebankofbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Islamophobia, Medical content, Racism, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Death, Gaslighting, and Grief
taliabasma's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
The Muslim Representation in this book follows most of the Islamic rules while still keeping it grounded in reality to how the "average Western Muslim" may experience and exemplify their religion.
Moderate: Islamophobia, Xenophobia, Racism, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Death, and War
Minor: Cultural appropriation
biacedbooks's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Grief, Islamophobia, Medical content, Racism, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Cursing
plantbasedbride's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I enjoyed the characterization of both Zeyneb and Alex, and found their different Muslim journeys (Zeyneb having been born into a Muslim family and Alex having converted along with his father and sister at age 11) very interesting. I loved that this romance had two Asian protagonists and that it explored difficult subjects such as loss, grief, islamophobia, and chronic illness (MS).
This was a quick yet thought-provoking read and I would definitely recommend it for insight into the Muslim experience with a side of meet-cute!
Moderate: Islamophobia, Grief, Death of parent, and Chronic illness
Minor: Medical content
bookswhitme's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Grief, Islamophobia, Medical content, and Xenophobia
foreverbookwandering's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Islamophobia
Moderate: Medical content
Minor: Death of parent
mandkips's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Islamophobia and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Medical content, Death, and Grief