A review by trivialcve
The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi

dark mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

so this started a bit slow, which made sense for the narrative & i think it works nicely to establish the narrator. but i feel like somewhere along the way it kinda feel a bit draggy and there were quite a few loose ends bc the author might have tried to explore too much at once.

anisa also gets very unlikable after a while. personally, i don’t mind unlikable narrator but man her classists comments really gets on my nerves at some points.

in terms of the mystery, i kiiinda figured vaguely what was happening early on and
the email basically confirmed to me that cannibalism was involved
. though me figuring that out pretty early didn’t feel like much of an issue tbh. 

also props to the narrator of the audio book version bc i adore how she voiced anisa and her narration in general 
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