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ib3readin's review against another edition
4.0
Unfortunately, there are a myriad of stories that inspire the intercalary story and the misplaced hate that, inevitably, follows. I’m glad that a YA book exists that both explores that experience and the cultural expectations that children of immigrants face.
megsbookishtwins's review against another edition
4.0
Disclaimer: I received a copy free from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
Maya Aziz wants to be a filmmaker. She doesn’t go anywhere without her camera, it acts as a shield and it is her passion. However, her family doesn’t understand it and they have already planned her future out for her. They want her to be dutiful, to be married, and to be a doctor. But that is far from what Maya wants. Fighting against parental expectations and fighting her feelings for the guy she likes, but who she shouldn’t like. However, Maya’s life is rocked when a suicide bomber apparently shares her last name, and she comes face to face with racism and Islamophobia.
“And for those who bear the brunt of hate because of the color of your skin or the sound of your name, for those who are spat upon, for those who are told to ‘go home,’ when you are home: you are known. You are loved. You are enough. Let your light shine. I wrote this book for you. – Samira Ahmed.”
Love, Hate & Other Filters is an important book that I highly recommend. Maya is an Indian-American, Muslim teenage girl and Love, Hate, and Other Filters deals with things like parental expectation and romance to more serious and nuanced discussions including racism and Islamophobia.
Love, Hate, & Other Filters is mostly a romance, full of culture and heritage, but then takes a drastic turn after a suicide bomb. It managed to balance being fun and cute while also being serious and nuanced. It showed how a teenage girl’s life can be thrown into chaos due to racism and Islamophobia.
I really liked Maya. I loved her passion for film, but I also love how she used it as a shield sometimes and can escape a situation using it. I like how determined she was to turn her passion into a career. She didn’t want to be a doctor like her family wanted her to. She wanted to decide what to do with her life, leaning on her aunt for support.
Love, Hate & Other Filters also deals with parental expectations. You can, to an extent, see where her parents were coming from. They understood how the world would view Maya, and they wished to protect her. They came from a good place, despite how they went about it wrong. I did love Maya and how she stood up for herself and was determined to follow her dreams.
Overall, Love, Hate & Other Filters is an important and powerful book that I highly recommend.
Maya Aziz wants to be a filmmaker. She doesn’t go anywhere without her camera, it acts as a shield and it is her passion. However, her family doesn’t understand it and they have already planned her future out for her. They want her to be dutiful, to be married, and to be a doctor. But that is far from what Maya wants. Fighting against parental expectations and fighting her feelings for the guy she likes, but who she shouldn’t like. However, Maya’s life is rocked when a suicide bomber apparently shares her last name, and she comes face to face with racism and Islamophobia.
“And for those who bear the brunt of hate because of the color of your skin or the sound of your name, for those who are spat upon, for those who are told to ‘go home,’ when you are home: you are known. You are loved. You are enough. Let your light shine. I wrote this book for you. – Samira Ahmed.”
Love, Hate & Other Filters is an important book that I highly recommend. Maya is an Indian-American, Muslim teenage girl and Love, Hate, and Other Filters deals with things like parental expectation and romance to more serious and nuanced discussions including racism and Islamophobia.
Love, Hate, & Other Filters is mostly a romance, full of culture and heritage, but then takes a drastic turn after a suicide bomb. It managed to balance being fun and cute while also being serious and nuanced. It showed how a teenage girl’s life can be thrown into chaos due to racism and Islamophobia.
I really liked Maya. I loved her passion for film, but I also love how she used it as a shield sometimes and can escape a situation using it. I like how determined she was to turn her passion into a career. She didn’t want to be a doctor like her family wanted her to. She wanted to decide what to do with her life, leaning on her aunt for support.
Love, Hate & Other Filters also deals with parental expectations. You can, to an extent, see where her parents were coming from. They understood how the world would view Maya, and they wished to protect her. They came from a good place, despite how they went about it wrong. I did love Maya and how she stood up for herself and was determined to follow her dreams.
Overall, Love, Hate & Other Filters is an important and powerful book that I highly recommend.
juller's review against another edition
3.0
I thought the point the author made with the inserts at the beginning of the chapter was ingenious. However, I did not like the part where Maya ran away and how the consequences were handled.
ihateprozac's review against another edition
3.0
CW: Islamophobia and Islamophobic hate crimes
This book didn’t know whether it wanted to be a fluffy contemporary or a hard-hitting contemporary and it suffered for that.
The first act reads as a fluffy contemporary, focusing on Maya’s struggles to reconcile her conservative Muslim family with her dreams of studying filmmaking and dating a white boy. The second act tries to be an examination of Islamophobia and racial profiling following a terrorist attack. And the third act struggles to reconcile any of those things into one cohesive narrative.
The romance and Maya’s internal struggles are well-written. The Islamophobic violence and harassment is well-written. It’s just a shame that these threads feel like someone randomly spliced two books together in Microsoft Word.
It says a lot that a <300 page contemporary took me over a month to finish. It was forgettable and I was more emotional about a minor character’s tragic story rather than anything the main character did.
Neither of Samira Ahmed’s books went where I wanted them to go, but I will still continue to pick things up by this author.
Representation: Indian-American Muslim MC
This book didn’t know whether it wanted to be a fluffy contemporary or a hard-hitting contemporary and it suffered for that.
The first act reads as a fluffy contemporary, focusing on Maya’s struggles to reconcile her conservative Muslim family with her dreams of studying filmmaking and dating a white boy. The second act tries to be an examination of Islamophobia and racial profiling following a terrorist attack. And the third act struggles to reconcile any of those things into one cohesive narrative.
The romance and Maya’s internal struggles are well-written. The Islamophobic violence and harassment is well-written. It’s just a shame that these threads feel like someone randomly spliced two books together in Microsoft Word.
It says a lot that a <300 page contemporary took me over a month to finish. It was forgettable and I was more emotional about a minor character’s tragic story rather than anything the main character did.
Neither of Samira Ahmed’s books went where I wanted them to go, but I will still continue to pick things up by this author.
Representation: Indian-American Muslim MC
jennc's review against another edition
3.0
I wanted to love this book. I liked it. It felt like it wanted to be two different books - one teenage romance and one social commentary. I think if it had focused on one I would have enjoyed it more. I did appreciate watching Maya find her voice though, loved her best friend and I liked the authors writing style. Just not quite as good as I wanted it to be.
fannoosa's review against another edition
3.0
POPSUGAR Reading Challenge #29: A book with love in the title
allison_sirovy's review against another edition
5.0
I didn't know what to expect with this book, but I knew I was going to like it based on the reviews. So . . . yep, loved this book! I also loved Ms. Ahmed's words in Author's Note: "And for those who bear the brunt of hate because of the color of their skin, or the sound of their name, or the scarf on their head, or the person they love; for those who are spat upon, for those who are told to 'go home' when they are home: you are known. You are loved. You are enough. Let your light shine."
ceena's review against another edition
4.0
WOW
I will admit to not being hooked immediately and not understanding the weird italic portions between chapter, but then I figured it out and this book gained a thriller edge-- what was going to happen and how would it affect out main character, because we know it will.
This is a real book-- like it feels so, so real that it hurts and it can make you feel uncomfortable. It shows a perspective of what some people have to endure, and it sucks, but this book is so powerful and I think it is an important one to exist.
This book does focus on romance quite a bit, but it also doesn't feel like the main part of this book. I would say it focuses more on the concept of finding love and understanding what a person wants versus what their parents want for them. The romance too and the way the book ended felt super real too, I was a bit blown away, not expecting it-- at least not from a book.
The characters are full of life and all of them stick out, even if they aren't featured often. They show struggles and triumph while also talking about more than romance!
I'm not gonna lie, there feels like a lot to this book. I wasn't blown away, but it was pretty close. I think this book will be important for many and has an ending that I don't read very often. Will be recommending this one to people who like contemporaries.
I will admit to not being hooked immediately and not understanding the weird italic portions between chapter, but then I figured it out and this book gained a thriller edge-- what was going to happen and how would it affect out main character, because we know it will.
This is a real book-- like it feels so, so real that it hurts and it can make you feel uncomfortable. It shows a perspective of what some people have to endure, and it sucks, but this book is so powerful and I think it is an important one to exist.
This book does focus on romance quite a bit, but it also doesn't feel like the main part of this book. I would say it focuses more on the concept of finding love and understanding what a person wants versus what their parents want for them. The romance too and the way the book ended felt super real too, I was a bit blown away, not expecting it-- at least not from a book.
The characters are full of life and all of them stick out, even if they aren't featured often. They show struggles and triumph while also talking about more than romance!
I'm not gonna lie, there feels like a lot to this book. I wasn't blown away, but it was pretty close. I think this book will be important for many and has an ending that I don't read very often. Will be recommending this one to people who like contemporaries.
3iii8v's review against another edition
1.0
If you want to read a book with good Muslim rep, NEVER read this book. I'm warning you. This book has a disgustingly inaccurate representation of Islam. If you actually want a book with accurate rep, I suggest you read [b:She Wore Red Trainers|18528169|She Wore Red Trainers|Na'ima B. Robert|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1390436248l/18528169._SY75_.jpg|26233805] Don't waste your time on a book with a MC who is ashamed of her culture and her beliefs.