Reviews

The Breakbeat Poets Vol. 3: Halal If You Hear Me by Safia Elhillo, Fatimah Asghar

readwithshaazia's review

5.0

This was my first Ramadan read and I'm so glad. I laughed and I cried and I learned so much.

rachelkc's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective slow-paced

4.5

readingwithcoffee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

vpalmer's review

funny hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

youngmennace's review

5.0

Effusive praise lies ahead. This collection is divided into five parts, one part for each pillar of Islam. It honestly felt like hearing from an older sister that I don’t have, especially the fifth Zakat part. Reading it is probably the most seen I’ve ever felt, to the extent that I felt like it were the NSA, instead of Safia Elhillo and Fatimah Asghar, that put it together. I can go on for a long time about different aspects of it, but I will avoid spoiling details about what the collection addresses. Overall, it was powerful to have the chance to internalize, page after page, that there are different ways to be Muslim. And so much more, but read it for yourself.

steph_foster's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

rustedtrains's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

aimeereadsthebooks's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

katrinia17's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

bibliogirl0511's review

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

2.0