A review by ericajoanne
Love from Mecca to Medina by S.K. Ali
4.0
1. The narration by the cat (Bertha Fatima) was a bit weird. It felt like it didn’t quite fit in with the rest of the story. It was an interesting plot device to book end the story, but it didn’t really work for me.
2. I had times where I liked and disliked the characters, and it went along with their feelings for each other and how they were feeling about themselves. We’ll written in this aspect.
3. This is probably Muslim fiction at it best (I hope it becomes a bigger genre like Christian fiction). Religion plays a huge role in the characters lives, and the author showed many different aspects of it and the ways different characters expressed their religion. If I were muslim, I would feel very represented and seen in this story.
4. I wish Adam’s MS had been incorporated into Adam’s characterization better. It felt surface level, only coming up to further the plot or cause a complication.
5. I will definitely be reading S.K. Ali’s next book. Ultimately her writing is fresh and I am always learning something new from her writing. I had do a bit of additional reading on the pilgrimage from Mecca to Medina, and the Kaaba as I didn’t know anything about it before reading this book.
2. I had times where I liked and disliked the characters, and it went along with their feelings for each other and how they were feeling about themselves. We’ll written in this aspect.
3. This is probably Muslim fiction at it best (I hope it becomes a bigger genre like Christian fiction). Religion plays a huge role in the characters lives, and the author showed many different aspects of it and the ways different characters expressed their religion. If I were muslim, I would feel very represented and seen in this story.
4. I wish Adam’s MS had been incorporated into Adam’s characterization better. It felt surface level, only coming up to further the plot or cause a complication.
5. I will definitely be reading S.K. Ali’s next book. Ultimately her writing is fresh and I am always learning something new from her writing. I had do a bit of additional reading on the pilgrimage from Mecca to Medina, and the Kaaba as I didn’t know anything about it before reading this book.