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A review by blackshirt
The Submission by Amy Waldman
4.0
It's the fictional story of the controversy springing from a Muslim American winning a design competition to build the 9/11 memorial. The characters are complex, flawed, hypocritical, heroic, despicable, and noble - a picture of humanity under pressure - and it takes you on quite the emotional and moral journey. I finished the book not really knowing how I felt about what decisions I would have made and not had doubts because of their consequences.
It was an engrossing read for me, despite that fact that I knew beforehand that it paralleled the "Ground Zero" mosque controversy and my opinion in that case as well as my assumption as to the author's point of view. My two most likely predictions for the ending, thankfully, did not come to pass - this one was far more interesting. Like any good story, if left me wanting more without making my feel cheated.
It was an engrossing read for me, despite that fact that I knew beforehand that it paralleled the "Ground Zero" mosque controversy and my opinion in that case as well as my assumption as to the author's point of view. My two most likely predictions for the ending, thankfully, did not come to pass - this one was far more interesting. Like any good story, if left me wanting more without making my feel cheated.