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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
4.5 Stars - this book was wonderful, sad, exciting, and will make you uncomfortable with it's sheer plausibility. It really makes you think about our post 9-11 America, and about the damage that fear can do. She writes in many points of view, with many characters, and yet they all seem understandable, even if their views are starkly different. There are no clear heroes or villians here, just very human.
Bored to death. The idea of the story is intriguing, but none of the characters were interesting. The audiobook got me through, as I was reading it for a class.
Wow!!!! just finished....................and all I have to say is wow!!!! Can't wait to discuss this book with my book group. Highly recommened!!!!
Struggling to review this, but it certainly makes you think... deeply and at length. Certainly one of the best books of the last few years and a brilliant achievement for a debut novel.
The Submission is a timely novel about a 9/11 memorial competition in which the submissions are anonymous. The winner turns about to be a Muslim American. As you can imagine, conflict ensues. People end up questioning their beliefs. People end up asking the winner questions they have (in my opinion) no right to ask, and yet they feel entitled to answers...from a fellow American! The novel dragged on a little more than necessary, but the ending, though not predictable, was somewhat satisfying.
I liked this book because it is thought provoking. I think it would be very powerful to do with a book club or to have a discussion afterward. It was sometimes hard to get into because many of the characters seem to be figureheads for the vast opinions surrounding Islam and America and terrorism and 9/11 and the relationship between these elements and stereotypes in our society. I am not sure I loved this book and had difficulty rating it, but I am really glad that I read it because it challenged me in a good way.
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Like a cross between The Fountainhead and Bonfire of the Vanities.
A cliched story about caricatures, rather than characters. This book didn't ring true to me; it lacked warmth and complexity.