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jenmooremo's review against another edition
4.0
What a truly delightful book! This was a book that I had seen in Borders on a shelf that said, "If you liked (this) then read (that)". I wrote it down figuring that it would a mediocre read that I might even curse the time I wasted on finishing the book. BUT it turned out to be one that I cursed the clock that said it was time to go to bed, go back to work from a break, or simply get busy with all the other things there are to do in life.
This young author presents the life of her upper class best friends in Saudi Arabia in a weekly e-mail yahoo group. The writing is very conversational and allows you to get so involved with the characters you find yourself cheering, jeering, crying, cursing and rejoicing right along with them. This was a great example of the fact that regardless of geography, culture and religion that men are men and women are women and they all experience the same emotions as they interact each other.
Good read for that one person that e-mailed me recently to say to get my head out of so many book--I think she'd enjoy it even more than I did.
This young author presents the life of her upper class best friends in Saudi Arabia in a weekly e-mail yahoo group. The writing is very conversational and allows you to get so involved with the characters you find yourself cheering, jeering, crying, cursing and rejoicing right along with them. This was a great example of the fact that regardless of geography, culture and religion that men are men and women are women and they all experience the same emotions as they interact each other.
Good read for that one person that e-mailed me recently to say to get my head out of so many book--I think she'd enjoy it even more than I did.
lisafalls's review against another edition
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
3.75
lilcatlovingactress's review against another edition
I want to finish it at some point I’m just not motivated to read a physical book rn
leeleeski's review against another edition
2.0
Its a good chick lit read if you're into that kind of thing. Not good if you want to know about what it means to be a woman in a Muslim society.
mg_in_md_'s review against another edition
4.0
it was an easy read...very interesting perspective on the challenges women face in Saudi society...
patchworkbunny's review against another edition
2.0
Cited as a Saudi Sex and the City however all it has in common is four central female characters and the theme of relationships. None of the sex or humour that makes SATC work.
This book would have you think that all they think about is men, men, men. I'm sure more goes through the average Saudi woman's mind than that and these are supposedly educated and worldly (at least in an Islamic sense) women. The families are all obsessed with marrying their kids off into the right family...what was amusing in Jane Austen's writing just gets a bit annoying after it is brought up time and time again in this book. Make the point once and carry on.
Saying that, I do know that the translator was unhappy with the translation due to inference from the author. A bad translation can kill a book and maybe that's what's happened here. Also the author was quite young at the time of writing and admitted to only really knowing the upper class society of Saudi. A well translated book on the average women of Saudi might be worth a read.
This book would have you think that all they think about is men, men, men. I'm sure more goes through the average Saudi woman's mind than that and these are supposedly educated and worldly (at least in an Islamic sense) women. The families are all obsessed with marrying their kids off into the right family...what was amusing in Jane Austen's writing just gets a bit annoying after it is brought up time and time again in this book. Make the point once and carry on.
Saying that, I do know that the translator was unhappy with the translation due to inference from the author. A bad translation can kill a book and maybe that's what's happened here. Also the author was quite young at the time of writing and admitted to only really knowing the upper class society of Saudi. A well translated book on the average women of Saudi might be worth a read.
aljosa's review against another edition
3.0
Well, this was interesting and it does feel like a Saudi "Sex and the City" sometimes, but I feel like that at times, it was very superficial and not very detailed.
katyhargreads's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
lddecker's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0