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thegingerpageturner 's review for:
Mirage
by Somaiya Daud
I didn't love it, but I didn't hate it either, I am somewhere in the middle. The writing was done well and for the most part the story flowed nicely. I did find I was getting confused with some of the terms and names used that I didn't understand and/or weren't explained all that well. I'm all for authors using other languages and bringing different cultures into the world they create but not to the point where I need a glossary beside me. I felt the world building was done well and the descriptions of some of the places was beautiful, however throughout the story I didn't get the feel that it was set in space, other than when space transport is mentioned when travelling to another planet, and even then it seemed very basic. When I think sci fi, I think advanced technology which is what it would take to travel in and around space. If you are wanting a sci fi read, this is not it, the world described did not match with what I would typically see space as being. For me I also felt that it was similar in story to a few other books i have read.
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For the most part I enjoyed the main characters Amani, Maram and Idris along with the secondary characters. The insta love trope is definitely present in this one and I'm on the fence as to whether I liked it or not in this case. I did like that Amani was able to remind and teach Idris and some of the other secondary characters about there culture that had been suppressed or not often spoken about. In some ways i liked Maram as she was caught between two worlds and trying to be in the one that was on top, it would have been interesting to read from her point of view I think. In other ways she was not a nice person to put it politely. I did like Idris, he appeared to be making the best of the situation he was in that he had little control over.
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Overall it was an ok read and I will likely read the sequel when it comes out. I gave this one ⭐⭐⭐.5 /5
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For the most part I enjoyed the main characters Amani, Maram and Idris along with the secondary characters. The insta love trope is definitely present in this one and I'm on the fence as to whether I liked it or not in this case. I did like that Amani was able to remind and teach Idris and some of the other secondary characters about there culture that had been suppressed or not often spoken about. In some ways i liked Maram as she was caught between two worlds and trying to be in the one that was on top, it would have been interesting to read from her point of view I think. In other ways she was not a nice person to put it politely. I did like Idris, he appeared to be making the best of the situation he was in that he had little control over.
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Overall it was an ok read and I will likely read the sequel when it comes out. I gave this one ⭐⭐⭐.5 /5