A review by kcv
These Impossible Things by Salma El-Wardany

emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I don’t  remember who recommended this book to me but thank you. You have no idea the impact this book has had on me. I’m not Muslim and these women’s stories were so specific to being Muslim women, but also so fundamentally relatable in the sense that being a young woman in a serious relationship, and even marriage, can hold such a feeling of loneliness regardless of if your partner is perfect, is what you think you want, or is actually the worst. When you think of a coming of age novel, you think of something that focuses on a perks of being a wallflower situation, but that never felt right to me. But I get it now. This book is my coming of age. It was phenomenal and heartbreaking and beautiful and made me both love and hate being a woman. 
Which is a beautiful balance.