A review by nickscoby
Love, Hate & Other Filters by Samira Ahmed

3.0

This book has good moments but overall I think it's just ok. For starters, I really don't like Maya all that much. She's way too self loathing, which makes me feel uncomfortable given the subject matter. By the time we get to the second half, I started to wonder who this book is for? Unfortunately, I don't think the answer is Muslim American teens. Her parents, especially the mother, are presented in an unsympathetic one dimensional way. All that is good and right in this book is a pretty standard definition of white Americanness. And the ending is hella cheesy.