Reviews with content warning for Death - Saints and Misfits

I would give this a three as a contemporary romance but a five as a YA contemporary fiction with a hijabi main character that doesn’t hate being Muslim so it averages to a 4 star but the MC makes me want to make it a 3.75 lmao that’s just a lot of good things in this book and a lot of sucky but important topics had too.

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hopeful medium-paced

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

4.5

I wish characters other than Janna hadn’t been so flat, but even still, I loved this and can’t wait to read Misfit in Love when it’s released.

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3.0

Saints and Misfits is a book with heavy topics. Content warnings include sexual assault, death of a loved one, one aromisic comment. I liked this book just fine. I gave it 3 out of 5 stars. It has a very straightforward narrative, like reading someone's diary. The writing style could be boring at times but would pick up at some parts by either dropping a revelation or having a really emotional scene.

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astereads's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

I knew from the start that I'd be in another painful experience.

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anika222's review against another edition

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reflective medium-paced

Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

For the first 50 pages, I thought I might not finish this book, but I was pleasantly surprised to get drawn in and want to see where the story was going. I think there's a lot going for this book, not the least of which is the Muslim protagonist who is trying to figure out how all aspects of her life intersect with her faith. I appreciated that we got simple explanations of various Muslim traditions so that I as a non-Muslim could understand the context, and the explanations were woven well into the narrative. The storyline was interesting and I truly couldn't really tell where it was going most of the time, which kept meet interested and wanting to know more.

A few drawbacks for me were I didn't love the writing style, especially at the beginning. It lacks emotion and we don't get to see how Janna understands and processes her world. It reads almost like a play - with stage direction and dialogue - but missing that emotional inner dialogue. I also struggled with so many characters who had very little to do with the storyline, and basically no character development for anyone besides Janna. The plot also seemed to meander quite a bit and it felt like many plot elements were introduced but never really developed. I think the author may have felt like the book needed to be a lot of things and would have done better to streamline the theme and focus the plot (or make it a book series.)

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