A review by redbookpanda
The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan

challenging emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No
So this was a pretty difficult book. It took me a while to get into it, because the friends of the MC as well as her girlfriend were just so annoying. I honestly couldn't wait for her to get to Bangladesh, because that meant that I wouldn't have to see these three girls all the time.

While I did like a lot of the other relationships in the book (the cousin, the grandma and the brother were some of my favourite characters and of course we can't forget the new friends the MC makes along the way) I really wished that the girlfriend did not exist. Their whole relationship just did not work for me. 

I also kinda hated the ending because it was way too over the top?? The parents really went from calling a djinn catcher on their daughter to trying to set her up with other girls in like 20 pages and I was not here for that


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