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A review by misssusan
No Sex in the City by Randa Abdel-Fattah
3.0
aww yeah, this is the kinda chick lit i like
so esma's a turkish muslim woman on the search for The One. she's got a crew of ride or die girls -- ruby, lisa, and nirvana, each from different backgrounds and p much all some variety of feminist. they start their 'no sex in the city' club as an excuse to hang out more and vent about romantic woes
there's a lot that i liked about this book -- muslim representation, what up! -- but something that stood out to me was the minimal presence of consumerism. it was really refreshing! i like chick lit, i like that there's an entire genre of literature which is basically like 'women having zany adventures and coming out on top' but so much of it seems to run on the assumption that all women care A LOT about shopping and brand names? and it's like okay bud, i get that there's a wish fulfillment aspect to this and i like clothes well enough but i'm going to be real with you here, looking amongst myself and my entire extended friend group i have literally one friend who cares enough about brand names to notice them? and even she does not care on the level that chick lit heroines care, like i have to train myself out of automatically boggling at how much money these women drop casually every time i read a book
wow, went on about that more than i expected to. overall: pretty standard chick lit fare though elevated by being a bit more grounded than most. i'd recommend it if you like the genre! 3.5 stars
so esma's a turkish muslim woman on the search for The One. she's got a crew of ride or die girls -- ruby, lisa, and nirvana, each from different backgrounds and p much all some variety of feminist. they start their 'no sex in the city' club as an excuse to hang out more and vent about romantic woes
there's a lot that i liked about this book -- muslim representation, what up! -- but something that stood out to me was the minimal presence of consumerism. it was really refreshing! i like chick lit, i like that there's an entire genre of literature which is basically like 'women having zany adventures and coming out on top' but so much of it seems to run on the assumption that all women care A LOT about shopping and brand names? and it's like okay bud, i get that there's a wish fulfillment aspect to this and i like clothes well enough but i'm going to be real with you here, looking amongst myself and my entire extended friend group i have literally one friend who cares enough about brand names to notice them? and even she does not care on the level that chick lit heroines care, like i have to train myself out of automatically boggling at how much money these women drop casually every time i read a book
wow, went on about that more than i expected to. overall: pretty standard chick lit fare though elevated by being a bit more grounded than most. i'd recommend it if you like the genre! 3.5 stars