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A review by themargherita_s
Love From A to Z by S.K. Ali
4.0
Zayneb and Adam are genuinely adorable together!! I'm just a bit on the fence about the characters (in general, not limited to the main characters), because for the most part they were great, but they all had moments in which they felt kind of annoying (I guess it was mostly the side characters, though).
I loved the familiar love included in the story, and I loved that it wasn't just a romance, but it had a focus on commentary of racism and islamophobia as well.
My only real complaint: the wild amount of Harry Potter references. I refused to give the book less stars because of that, because I knew there would be some when I started reading (as a friend had warned me about it) but I wasn't entirely prepared for the actual amount of them. For general reference, by 20% there had already been four references, the last of which was an entire page long of the characters discussing their houses. There’s another one at the 53% mark, one at 56%, two at 71%, another at 73%, another at 76% and finally another two at 78%. It's like you can't even try to ignore it because it's constantly being brought up again, and again.
I loved the familiar love included in the story, and I loved that it wasn't just a romance, but it had a focus on commentary of racism and islamophobia as well.
My only real complaint: the wild amount of Harry Potter references. I refused to give the book less stars because of that, because I knew there would be some when I started reading (as a friend had warned me about it) but I wasn't entirely prepared for the actual amount of them. For general reference, by 20% there had already been four references, the last of which was an entire page long of the characters discussing their houses. There’s another one at the 53% mark, one at 56%, two at 71%, another at 73%, another at 76% and finally another two at 78%. It's like you can't even try to ignore it because it's constantly being brought up again, and again.