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The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by S.A. Chakraborty

127 reviews

kassidyreads's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Grief, Transphobia, and Torture

frog_appreciator's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny slow-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

4.75

I was thoroughly invested from the beginning and enjoyed myself the whole way through. Amina is a delightful character, and I felt a sense of wonder the whole time I was reading. First i’ve read by the author but I’ll definitely be checking out her other books :) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Kidnapping and Slavery

bookndaisies's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

toopunkrockforshul's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Overall an enjoyable book! There were some parts that felt a little incongruous and the ending wasn't as satisfying as it could have been, but the characters were really interesting as was the worldbuilding!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cursing, Gore, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Body horror, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Religious bigotry

Minor: Sexual content, Slavery, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

geekmom's review

adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

This was fun but not as absorbing or coherent of a narrative as the Daevabad trilogy. At times it felt like the author wasn’t quite sure what to do to make the story move along and relied on tropes to get past that. I’m hoping that the next book will be a bit stronger.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Cursing, and Death

miastr's review

adventurous funny lighthearted 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Gore

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Rape, Transphobia, and Slavery

futureofmydays's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Colonisation, Alcoholism, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Islamophobia, and Sexism

Moderate: Genocide, Grief, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Classism, Homophobia, Torture, and Trafficking

Minor: Vomit

blacksphinx's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Classism, Police brutality, Violence, Gore, Death, and Racism

Moderate: Transphobia, Sexual content, Alcohol, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, Alcoholism, Torture, and Vomit

Minor: Cannibalism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Dysphoria, Death of parent, Islamophobia, and Homophobia

teri_b's review against another edition

adventurous tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I expected to like or even love this book given the subject of a pirate getting back into business and going on some kind of heist, put in its link into A thousand and one Arabian nights with its magical tales I could not wait to listen to the audiobook from my local library.

However, I found the beginning very slow. Only when the magic started to show up on the page I felt the pacing getting faster and the story got more interesting.

There are beautiful moments about motherhood and  women's chitchat amongst themselves that I really loved.

However, as a whole, the book did not come together for me as I would have liked. It felt like several parts that did not make a whole.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

blackmail, abduction, confinement

saucy_bookdragon's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.0

An absolute blast of a pirate novel that is both familiar and fresh. This time the fantastical journey on the high seas is lead by a mother in the Indian Ocean. Amina herself is the highlight of the book, she’s a witty badass who’s trying to move on from her not so great past. The world she lives in is richly detailed, magical, and diverse in cultures and people.

The plot is a lot of fun, including a treasure hunt for a magical artifact that monsters and backstabbing get in the way of. It could’ve been a little tighter though, the pacing at times being uneven and the book takes a very jarring fantasy shift in the second half.

Once done with the book I immediately wanted more of Amina and her crew. This doesn’t end on a cliffhanger, but does promise more to come that I wish would come sooner.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Vomit and Alcohol