10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak

4.11 AVERAGE

amberkb's review against another edition

4.25
emotional inspiring sad 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

_janina's review against another edition

3.0
emotional reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bookish_reads's review against another edition

5.0
challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

tashab27's review against another edition

4.5
challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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: Complicated

kpickens512's review against another edition

5.0
I don't usually like books about the Muslim women in the Middle East because their oppression is just disturbing, but what is different about this book is the clarity of the emotional tale. Even though Leila is young she knows she cannot live with hypocrisy, but those strong feelings is also why suffers a life as a whore and dies young. The book is about all the people that touch her life - her young traumatized mother and the other women she meets who are trying to escape the restrictions put on them. It is touching, memorable, and ageless story.
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michiedorn's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad 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: Complicated

valerieee_r's review against another edition

4.25
reflective sad 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: Complicated

basilveira's review against another edition

3.75
dark emotional reflective sad 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
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carmodymaggie's review against another edition

5.0
oh man. this is in my top 5 favorite books ever. some really wonderful lines in here, some extreme heartbreaks and soaring bouts of love. made me sob on a plane to nyc to see some of my best friends. the bit from Mr Chaplin’s perspective also got me (shocker). 

“The world is no longer the same for the one who has fallen in love, the one who is at its very centre; it can only spin faster from now on.”

sallydoig's review against another edition

4.5
challenging emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes