A review by readwithbells
The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi

5.0

What a freaking read. I wish I had a physical copy so I could have highlighted things because it had so much going on I feel like annotations would only have been a good thing. This is a text on appropriation and consumer culture, critiquing elite universities that promote inclusion despite their racist and colonialist histories. This is about an unreliable (and selfish) narrator completely enmeshed in capitalist consumerism and internet wokeness that manifests itself as constant moral critiques of every person around her (and of course, never of herself). The Centre itself is fascinating, and although I accidentally spoiled the twist for myself by checking the trigger warnings, it was still an absolute delight t try king to figure out how it all worked. I could have had another 200 pages inside Anisa’s head (though Naima is obviously the best character). Genuinely obsessed with this. I had such a good time. 
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