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A review by kirsty_reads
How We Met: A Memoir of Love and Other Misadventures by Huma Qureshi
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
I thoroughly enjoyed this memoir.
The writing is thoughtful and the author does a fantastic job at connecting with the reader. I found myself thinking of where I was and how I was feeling at the same stages in my life. In that sense it really did feel like a reflective conversation. I felt like I was getting to know a new friend.
There is something so beautiful to me about women’s memoirs that are just honest thought processes or reflective writing on figuring themselves and the world around them out. This is definitely one of my favourites so far.
I really enjoyed the format of the writing which shifts between time periods in the authors life. It added to the reflective element and all came together beautifully.
In the last section of the book the author says she is not sorry for her story being undramatic. This was a crucial part of the memoir for me. Everyone’s stories are important but being in the U.K. I find the only life and love narratives offered mainstream about Muslim women are entrenched in stereotypical religious oppression. This memoir is just the truth, that every family, every individual’s faith and life and love story is unique and doesn’t fit a single or even multiple narratives.
The writing is thoughtful and the author does a fantastic job at connecting with the reader. I found myself thinking of where I was and how I was feeling at the same stages in my life. In that sense it really did feel like a reflective conversation. I felt like I was getting to know a new friend.
There is something so beautiful to me about women’s memoirs that are just honest thought processes or reflective writing on figuring themselves and the world around them out. This is definitely one of my favourites so far.
I really enjoyed the format of the writing which shifts between time periods in the authors life. It added to the reflective element and all came together beautifully.
In the last section of the book the author says she is not sorry for her story being undramatic. This was a crucial part of the memoir for me. Everyone’s stories are important but being in the U.K. I find the only life and love narratives offered mainstream about Muslim women are entrenched in stereotypical religious oppression. This memoir is just the truth, that every family, every individual’s faith and life and love story is unique and doesn’t fit a single or even multiple narratives.