britt_brooke 's review for:

The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid

2.0

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An interesting concept that didn’t quite deliver. It’s stylistically exhausting. And an almost too obvious allegory. Changez, once a Pakistani living the “American Dream,” is now back in his home country regaling his experience to an unnamed American traveler. I was saddened by the post-9/11 racial subjugation he endured, but his knee-jerk reaction to the attacks made me incredibly sick and uncomfortable. Point taken, dude.