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3.66 AVERAGE
3.66 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Nafisi is a literature instructor in Iran. She weaves and uses literature to tell of her life during war and revolution in the 1980's and 90's. I learned a lot about Middle Eastern history. I loved how she used fiction to support or tell her true story. Fiction is truth- yet she advises not to let it become a carbon copy of life, but the epiphany of truth. Heavy read but for a bibliophile like myself- worth the energy.
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
A must read.
reflective
slow-paced
Don't know why I'd not read this book before.
There's so much to learn, to think, to be scared of - now as you see your little freedoms, the ones you take for granted, being stripped off by those who are the self-proclaimed gatekeepers of your faith/religion. It's incredible how people resist when you don't have an option but to, and it's incredible how much meaning you can make off canonical literature as you experience it in a different culture.
Needless to say I'm looking forward to rereading Gatsby and Pride and Prejudice after this.
There's so much to learn, to think, to be scared of - now as you see your little freedoms, the ones you take for granted, being stripped off by those who are the self-proclaimed gatekeepers of your faith/religion. It's incredible how people resist when you don't have an option but to, and it's incredible how much meaning you can make off canonical literature as you experience it in a different culture.
Needless to say I'm looking forward to rereading Gatsby and Pride and Prejudice after this.
dark
informative
reflective
slow-paced
A little slow but heartrending and profound
I had a hard time coming up with a rating for this one. For starters, I don't generally enjoy literary critiques- I could have done with less analysis and more discussion of daily life in a world I know nothing of. Parts were also so dry and dull that I put the book for months before picking it back up. But at the same time, discussions of the fear of going out and the inequalities of gender really resonated, although certainly to a much lesser extent. It was interesting and eye opening, but not enough so that I would recommend it.
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced