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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
lilybear3's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Islamophobia, Xenophobia, and Grief
Moderate: Death and Death of parent
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
ciea'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
4.0
Graphic: Islamophobia, Racism, and Grief
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
annalisaely'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
I absolutely loved this book! It is so sweet and happy sappy while still addressing racism, Islamophobia, appropriation, and more. The relationship between these two was so sweet and as I said in an earlier post I really enjoyed reading about how the main characters experienced and practiced their faith and seeing how much I had in common with them. It also inspired me to buy my own burqini, which should be arriving any day now, despite public pools not being something I anticipate using until vaccines are widely available (I did look into it and found that the creator is happy for non-Muslims to use them). I've had bad anxiety about people being able to see my body for years and it has kept me from swimming, something I enjoy a great deal. It made me feel so free to realise there was a solution.
Other reasons to read this book include really sweet familial relationships and a male love interest who likes to make crafts!
Graphic: Bullying, Grief, and Islamophobia
Minor: Death, Mass/school shootings, Racism, and Sexism
enbylibrary'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: Islamophobia, Chronic illness, and Grief