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A review by ananyaj49
The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi
2.75
Idk how I feel. Some interesting and tender lines and takes on colonialism and languages but deffo felt like there was more that they could have done with it. The criticality felt v surface level re cultural appropriation etc
Narrator was fuuuuucking insufferable - she is so privileged and spoiled and unapologetic about it, I’m not convinced at all. Like yes it’s a flawed protagonist but it is such brown liberal bs from her and she has no sides or loyalties and is too fickle for the story to be as impactful as it could’ve been
Also come ON with the shaadi scene etc like cheesy note
Also felt like not really fleshed out enough the end was rlly abrupt, Adam’s arc not fully done justice to
And what is this Israeli bs like I thought it was a (fair) snide but the narrator is just so fickle minded and moral-less that it’s hard to feel like this
So much more could’ve been done and the positioning of the characters as rich, spoiled south Asians with little critical tid bits to appease the reader while continuing to be insufferable ab their privilege = hard pass
Narrator was fuuuuucking insufferable - she is so privileged and spoiled and unapologetic about it, I’m not convinced at all. Like yes it’s a flawed protagonist but it is such brown liberal bs from her and she has no sides or loyalties and is too fickle for the story to be as impactful as it could’ve been
Also come ON with the shaadi scene etc like cheesy note
Also felt like not really fleshed out enough the end was rlly abrupt, Adam’s arc not fully done justice to
And what is this Israeli bs like I thought it was a (fair) snide but the narrator is just so fickle minded and moral-less that it’s hard to feel like this
So much more could’ve been done and the positioning of the characters as rich, spoiled south Asians with little critical tid bits to appease the reader while continuing to be insufferable ab their privilege = hard pass