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Ben Dietz's avatar

The 'I didn't like it but I'm glad I read it' consensus is the most powerful endorsement honestly

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Tuğba Avci's avatar

I got it right away after you first mentioned it and read it immediately. Honestly, it’s probably one of the weirdest books I’ve ever read—haha—I don’t even know where to begin... so maybe it’s best I leave it at that.

What I really loved about the book—and I actually mentioned this to Ochuko in the comments—was how refreshing it was to see a POC author not limit herself to writing solely about racism or, in Yasmin’s case, only about the conflict in her country. With everything happening to Palestinian people, it’s easy to expect or even confine artists and writers to focus solely on the conflict.

But I loved that, while she briefly touches on those themes, she ultimately just went wild and wrote a book as crazy and unique as she wanted it to be. That’s exactly how it felt to me. It’s like abstract art—but in book form—something you’ll either love or hate, understand or not. She wasn’t trying to please everyone, and that made it all the more bold.

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