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Love From A to Z by S.K. Ali

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_galilla_'s review

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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mina2299's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced
  • 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

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shahdhazem's review

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

One of my favourite reads this year not only is it one of the best muslim romances out there but it tackled lots of huge problems really well like islamophobia, multiple sclerosis and death of  loved ones. I related so much to Zayneb in many ways and I loved her her sense of not wanting to sit still and having to stand in front of the many injustices in this world. Loved the idea of the marvels and oddities I'll even make a journal myself and the author managed it so well along with the multiple povs. Also loved the family dynamics so much it made my heart warm. In conclusion this is an excellent book and I can't wait to read more of Adam and Zayneb.
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sweetsxrrxw's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

i wanted to read a book with muslim mc's during ramadan and i think this was my best choice. the story stars with zayneb experiencing islamophobia at school, which is where most muslims experience it too because of teachers, classmates or just random people judging you or talking shit behind ur back (sometimes even in front of u, like wtf) even though i relate more with zayneb's mom, who is a people pleaser who doesn't wanna be to loud, i also feel zayneb's anger. it's not okay for people to treat us like that and im glad that we have a bold main character who won't shut up at this.

going back to zayneb and adam's story i think its superwholesome from the start to the end. i mean they have a really heartwarming meet cute as they realize they're both muslims and they both have the same journal of oddities and marvels (istg if this happened to me i would be dead lmao) and then they're just waiting until the next time they see each other again just cause they have a nice impression of each other PLS, AND
WHEN THEY WRITE EACH OTHER'S NAMES AS MARVELS IN THEIR DIARIES, MY GOOOD IM MELTING FROM LOVE
<333

anyways, if zayneb is a bold badass female main character, adam is totally the opposite. he's the sweetest person you'll ever meet. his back story with his mom, his chronical illness and his refusal to ask for help just makes the reader's urge to love and protect him even bigger lmao. and all of that made me tear up too but yeah, wasn't that obvious? 

to sum up, this is one of the cutest love stories i've ever read and adam has become one of my favorite book boyfriends. it's a perfect book if you want to dig into a different culture, to educate yourself about the impact of islamophobia but specially to read a very very very cute love story
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alexture's review against another edition

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slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

CW spécifique: beaucoup, beaucoup de références à Harry Potter

Dans ce roman, on suit l'histoire d'amour adorable et encourageante entre Zayneb, jeune Américaine renvoyée du lycée pour avoir "menacé" un professeur islamophobe, et Adam, un étudiant rentré chez son père avec la lourde tâche de lui annoncer qu'il a une sclérose en plaques, comme sa mère décédée quelques années plus tôt.

La lecture était agréable et adorable, j'ai passé un bon moment. J'ai relevé quelques moments où l'histoire peinait à avancer (en particulier pour l'enquête sur le professeur islamophobe, très décevante), mais les nombreux combats de nos deux protagonistes et leur histoire d'amour naissante ont très bien rattrapé le coup et c'était une vraie réussite pour moi. 

(Note sur la traduction: une traduction incorrecte d'un terme relevant de l'islam a été relevée par l'audience et corrigée, avec excuses, par la maison d'édition. Les exemplaires aujourd'hui dans le commerce n'ont donc plus l'erreur, le tout avec une rapidité et une réactivité exemplaires.
En dehors du vocabulaire propre à l'islam, sur lequel je n'ai aucune légitimité, j'ai trouvé le livre très bien traduit en termes de style et de tournures de phrase, et ça fait plaisir d'être sur un des rares ouvrages Young Adult qui sont aussi bons en anglais qu'en français !)
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momentum262's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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deluna's review

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emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced
  • 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

4.0

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lunagirl_alice's review

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inspiring reflective fast-paced
  • 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

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courtneyfalling's review

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emotional hopeful medium-paced
  • 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

3.5

I liked how this YA romance tackled Adam's MS and Zayneb's anger at the Islamophobia she faced, especially from her teacher, but I found the meta framing annoying and unneeded, and both Adam and Zayneb felt so aggressively and naively young,
which I think bothered me so much because the plot essentially hinges on ongoing non-communication
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It also seemed like the ending with Zayneb's teacher resolved way too quickly compared to the hurdle he had been built up to be. And did Zayneb's suspension record get scrubbed? How did her activism grow during college? Way too much substance just... left too easily.
 
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iamsammie27's review

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emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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