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A review by nashwa017
In the Company of Strangers by Awais Khan
Did not finish book.
This is a big, fat DNF at page 50.
Usually, when I don't finish a book, I don't rate it but anything I can do to lower the collective rating of this book, I will do.
This is really one of the worst books I've picked up this entire year. It's an incredibly uninformed, biased and poorly researched. It's so clear that the author is male and doesn't know how women think, and talk and I did wonder at some point if we had ever spoken to a woman before in this life.
In 50 pages, the author peddled a pretty misogynistic mindset where he talked about women's bodies, unnecessarily sexualising women and writing about "heaving bosoms" in a scene where a woman is buying a shawl. He wrote about a woman who was groped and seemingly enjoyed it. He wrote about very ageist things, where a woman's only concern is how old she is.
I have a lot to say, every page is problematic. Save your time and money and skip this one.
Usually, when I don't finish a book, I don't rate it but anything I can do to lower the collective rating of this book, I will do.
This is really one of the worst books I've picked up this entire year. It's an incredibly uninformed, biased and poorly researched. It's so clear that the author is male and doesn't know how women think, and talk and I did wonder at some point if we had ever spoken to a woman before in this life.
In 50 pages, the author peddled a pretty misogynistic mindset where he talked about women's bodies, unnecessarily sexualising women and writing about "heaving bosoms" in a scene where a woman is buying a shawl. He wrote about a woman who was groped and seemingly enjoyed it. He wrote about very ageist things, where a woman's only concern is how old she is.
I have a lot to say, every page is problematic. Save your time and money and skip this one.