A review by carlyxdeexx
Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed

3.0

I give this one a 3.5 on the low end. It was quick to read and well-written, but I thought it was missing something, especially towards the end when it wrapped up so suddenly. Overall I felt its topics were interesting, but it never quite plumbed them to the depths I expected. Maybe I feel this because it’s been a while since I’ve read a middle grade book? But some part of me thinks there are plenty of middle grade books that flesh out their character relationships a bit more, that would dig a little deeper into the topics at hand. It seemed a bit too simple, but that was also what made reading it feel endearing in the beginning, and I could see this book appealing well enough to its target audience, but maybe not leaving a powerful mark.