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The Khan by Saima Mir

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Well, that was….brilliant

I actually swore audibly a number of times, during the last few chapters.

Jia is, at first, a straight laced woman who has shaken off the chains of her family and religion. She has carved out a new life for herself, only to be pulled back in. But there is so much more to her and, for me, watching her unfold was the highlight of this book.

toofondofbooks's review

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dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

3.5

tabby2920's review

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challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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killerbeesbuzz's review against another edition

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The plot is moving too slow and it's not keeping my attentin- also it took over 100 pages just to reach the point where the blurb starts which feels a bit misleading to me. Characterisation is big for me, and these characters just aren't doing it for me, unfortunately.

laurenwhiteley22's review

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dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

mpr2000's review

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5.0

I am speechless, this book has moved me so much that it has taken me a while to put all my emotions and thoughts in order to make a review, amazing! The Khan is a story about family, love and loyalty but also about vengeance, racism and justice. I don’t think I’ve read any book that has so many emotions in it for a while; showing first hand what racism means or being bullied for your skin, religion or genre. Because, in the muslim world it is difficult to accept the leadeership of a woman and this is what our main character Jia Khan will have to face all her life. She wants to be someone but no one around her likes a woman to be a leader. When her father is killed, she will do anything to discover who did it and try to reinstate the peace he always created with the Jirga law. But is she ready to apply the Jirga law? “Every action has a reason, a measured reason. If you wait long enough, time reveals it”T he story is told in a slow pace at the beginning mixing the present with memories from the past, good times until they were not… These memories are the ones that will connect all the story and make it full. I didn’t understand at the beginning why there were so many flashbacks, but in the end it made sense, to know how everything and everyone changed after all the darkness that the Khan family had been surrounded by.
I was intrigued with this book from the beginning and now, after reading it, I can say that I loved it. It’s a difficult and dark read, to make the reader think about racism and the world we live in; maybe it’s time to make a change, a big change, enough of being marked for being different, don’t you think?
“The Khan” is a powerful book, amazing and twisted. Are you ready?