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challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
The beginning part of this book gave me such high hopes. So much so, I thought it was going to end up being my favorite fiction of the month. In it, two immigrants, one Iraqi and one Pakistani, have a coming of age story full of moral dilemma. IMO, none of the characters were likable. There were a lot of quotable snippets, but, ultimately, I was left wanting more character development and storyline and less romance.
The quote that sticks out most to me, happens to tie in nicely to The 1619 Project, which I just finished :
"We live on stolen land. In a country built on slavery and reliant on the continued economic exploitation of other people. The oppressor always lives in fear of the oppressed. Americans have always been afraid - of those native to this continent, of Black people, of Japanese citizens they interned, and now of Muslims and immigrants."
The quote that sticks out most to me, happens to tie in nicely to The 1619 Project, which I just finished :
"We live on stolen land. In a country built on slavery and reliant on the continued economic exploitation of other people. The oppressor always lives in fear of the oppressed. Americans have always been afraid - of those native to this continent, of Black people, of Japanese citizens they interned, and now of Muslims and immigrants."
Content Warnings
Moderate: Gun violence, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Child death
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