sallytreanor 's review for:

4.0

I’m basing what I’m about to say on only this and Exit West, but Hamid really struggles with endings. There was so much to love here, but I was frustrated with the haste with which it drew to a close, just as its narrator begins to grapple with his own identity and ideals in a more direct way. But still, so so so good. And if ever a book had a perfect title, it’s this one.