rosieryel 's review for:

Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H.

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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easily one of my favourite memoirs i’ve ever read! i really loved the way it was structured around the stories of prophets and their thematic connections to the writer’s life instead of linearly. the prose was beautiful and moving but still simple and clear! if i had to point to a weakness i’d say maybe it sometimes gets close to overexplaining itself - it almost sells itself short in moments when it spells things out too straightforwardly because the writing is already so effective!