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Four Eids and a Funeral by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Adiba Jaigirdar

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lilys_librqry's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

From the moment I found out two of my favourite authors were writing a book together, I knew I needed to read it. And it did not disappoint!! Four Eids is a beautiful, heartwarming story of friendship, community and coming of age. The characters have distinct voices, and they all felt accurate to who they were portraying (eg Said and Tiwa spoke like real teenagers, and in the flashback scenes like real children, if that makes sense). I loved that the book doesn't follow the typical structure of meet Cute > fall in love > breakup > reconciliation - there are different kinds of conflicts throughout, but all of them are actually important and there's no third act breakup. Issues of r*cism and Is*mophobia are also touched on, which lend a lot of weight to the story. So yeah, overall this was simply a perfect book, and I already want to reread itttt.

keliseb's review

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hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

3.5

the pacing of the last fifty pages was just really off for me but overall i loved this! super fun and lots of cute details

amandalorianxo's review

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3.75

I enjoyed this collab between two well known bipoc queer authors. I did enjoy the fleshing out of their friendship history via flashbacks & how the Islam /muslim significance is spread throughout. I do wish more adults were present to help them solve the Islamic center destruction. If you enjoy slower burns, this fits (:

lifewaits4no1's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.0

lizziebliss's review

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medium-paced

4.0

alychee's review

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funny hopeful inspiring sad 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? Yes

3.75

a cute muslim romance ✨️ a bit sad that

they're dating like normal/non muslim

by the end but overall very cute, i was so envious of them having a islamic center like plz i also want to have one, to make new friends in the deen :(
beware for people only here for the romance, i didn't feel like it was really building up, you follow them becoming friends again mostly