A review by freddie
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

3.0

So, yeah, there are indeed magical doors in this book that transports people from different parts of the world to other parts of the world. At its core, the novel is about refugee issues and how borders these days are blurring - except the novel does not really explore that concept in great detail. On top of that, this is also a love story / domestic fiction of some sort that follows the development of the relationship between Saeed and Nadia. These are the two subjects the novel is trying to convey but unfortunately, being a short novel that it is, both topics are not explored very well and we ended up with something a bit superficial. That said, comparing between two, I'd say the domestic fiction side of the narrative is more prominent (not sure if this is intended) but you want to read a relationship story, this book has it (but don't expect too much).