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bluejayreads's review against another edition
Like most books I read, I picked this one up for concept - being gay is not okay but being trans is, so a girl in love with another girl tries to decide if she should transition (despite not being trans) so she can marry the girl she loves. I'm not usually much into romances, but I've been surprised several times this year, so I wanted to give it a shot.
I did not read very far. For what kinda has to be a character-driven book, the first six percent told me next to nothing about the characters. The only thing I know about the narrator, Sahar, is that she liked playing soccer as a kid and she really really loves Nasrin. Nasrin comes off as incredibly shallow - gorgeous and more interested in painting her nails than doing her homework. Sahar stresses really hard that she loves Nasrin, but I didn't see much to love.
You know what I do know about, though? Sahar's opinions on the past few rulers of Iran, Nasrin's father's pistachio business, and the study habits and relative degree of spoiledness of Sahar's cousins and Nasrin's brothers. Because that's what's important here, I guess.
It's very possible that it gets better. I did give up on it really early, and perhaps if I'd stuck it out a little longer I would have enjoyed it. But I kept getting annoyed at all the random information I was given that was not at all relevant to the protagonists, and one of my reading goals is to not finish books I'm not genuinely enjoying. So I'm leaving it here.
Content Warnings
Minor: Rape, Pedophilia, Child death, and Death
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