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A review by teatonic
Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood by Fatema Mernissi
4.0
For a fictional memoir very nicely written. It was atmospheric and good at transferring the emotional state of the characters. I often felt immersed in the scenes she was describing. It was informative of the political and cultural state of Morocco in the 1940s.
What made it less than captivating was the fact that it was fictional. It made me doubt whether her characters would indeed think in real life the way they have in her book. There was also no storyline and the topics were changing from chapter to chapter, which made me lose focus from time to time.
What made it less than captivating was the fact that it was fictional. It made me doubt whether her characters would indeed think in real life the way they have in her book. There was also no storyline and the topics were changing from chapter to chapter, which made me lose focus from time to time.