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A review by ameerah
In the Company of Strangers by Awais Khan
1.0
TW: Domestic violence, mention of rape, death and suicide bombing.
The story was actually decent but the vile fat/body shaming, misogyny and some problematic descriptions ruined the book for me and I cannot give it more than 1☆.
Whilst I understand that the author may have did this on purpose to show the toxicity of certain groups, I felt it was excessive and there was not one single character that was against the body shaming. No voice of reason or anyone calling out the bullshit which makes it hard to see the (meaningful) purpose behind it all.
Sorry but men writing things like "Information had become as precious as virgins on a hot night" is just
The story was actually decent but the vile fat/body shaming, misogyny and some problematic descriptions ruined the book for me and I cannot give it more than 1☆.
Whilst I understand that the author may have did this on purpose to show the toxicity of certain groups, I felt it was excessive and there was not one single character that was against the body shaming. No voice of reason or anyone calling out the bullshit which makes it hard to see the (meaningful) purpose behind it all.
Sorry but men writing things like "Information had become as precious as virgins on a hot night" is just