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The Mismatch by Sara Jafari

7 reviews

alfalky's review

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emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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lennie_reads's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense 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

Thanks to Netgalley & Random House UK,  Cornerstone, Arrow for my ARC. 

This book hurt my heart. 
It hurt for both Soraya and her mum, Neda, as well as Soraya's siblings and Magnus. 

Whilst romance is a part of this book, there is a Lot more to it than that. 

The book is a dual pov and also a dual timeline. We have Soraya in 2014 fresh out of university and Neda, her mother, at around the same age in 1970's Iran. 

This book was a lot heavier than I expected and features struggles around identity, societal expectations, cultural differences, religious expectations, being a person of colour growing up in britian, living as an immigrant in Britain, sexism, harassment, domestic abuse, drug addiction and more. 

Even though it was heartbreaking I really appreciated the dual timelines and seeing how Soraya's parents came to be the way they were. 

I'm a white woman who doesn't come from a strict religious background so I can't speak to the authenticity of the representation but it was a harrowing tale nonetheless. All I know is I just wanted to hug Soraya and Neda. 
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lyla_wicks's review against another edition

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reflective slow-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

3.25

though this book was marketed as a romance, it is definitely more of a coming of age story, and although i still found this quite interesting to read about, i wish we saw more of the romance, and i wasn’t too invested in the mum’s plot line. despite this, i really loved the writing and came to really like the characters 
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shirazj's review

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

5.0

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gaiadances's review

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emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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frantic_vampire's review

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I think this book just isn’t for me 🤷‍♀️. It’s definitely not the romance book that I thought it was going to be. It’s more of a family drama, I think? It’s told through two different timelines with a lot of internalized religious guilt, sexism, and racism. With a thin vail of romance to cover its rough edges. I’m not sure if it’s the writing style or if it’s the characters themselves, but I’m not connecting with the story at all. And I think it would be best for me to pass this book on to someone who would really enjoy it.
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lnzava's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny hopeful sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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