Reviews tagging 'Islamophobia'

Sofia Khan is Not Obliged by Ayisha Malik

18 reviews

eve81's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Forced institutionalization, and Colonisation

dannilmp's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

This was a book I picked up for the Storygraph read around the world challenge, and not a book that would have caught my eye usually. Typically I don't read many contemporary romance stories and while this one did have its quirks, it hasn't drastically changed my opinion on the genre. 

While I enjoyed the focus of a romance story not being centred around a white british character this time, I just didn't find these sets of characters or their life stories particulary enjoyable to read about. The topics of conversation, the worries these girls share and their views and opinions on men just didn't click with me at all. 

It wasn't an entirely shame of a read though and I did like the ending of the story, but felt it wasn't really all that realistic a scenario in real life, but then romance novels have always felt that way to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Islamophobia

siobhanward's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

 This book is repeatedly touted as "the Muslim Bridget Jones." Fortunately, I found Sofia a bit easier to stomach than Bridget. I can definitely see the similarities, and those tended to be the things that pulled me out of the book a bit - the fact that Sofia didn't seem great at her job and yet somehow kept bumbling through and how focused on herself she was.

However, I found Sofia a lot more charming and that really redeemed her. The story was cute and fluffy and honestly I was surprised by some parts, which is rare in a romance! I had a lot of fun with this - it's not an incredibly deep and thoughtful read, but that's not what I was going for. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Islamophobia and Death of parent

veskumelooni's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Infertility, Racial slurs, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

zoe1995's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Infertility, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, and Death of parent

madscientistcat's review against another edition

It’s so cringey (fat jokes, gay jokes? what is this — 2000?) and the writing style is very choppy and really not for me either. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Xenophobia, and Islamophobia

hannahrhian's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Infertility, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

cheesepuppy's review against another edition

funny lighthearted

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Islamophobia

Moderate: Fatphobia and Racial slurs

Minor: Body shaming and Death of parent

sunflowersinta's review against another edition

funny informative lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Islamophobia

alisha's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Islamophobia