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A review by beforeviolets
The Daughters of Izdihar by Hadeer Elsbai
Did not finish book. Stopped at 14%.
DNF @ 50 pages
Honestly I think I would've mildly liked this book if I finished it, but I just have too many things to read and this doesn't seem like it's something that is really as up my alley as I thought it would be. The combination of a plotline of allegorical oppression and a plotline of oppression copy and pasted from history caused a little friction in my brain, and I felt like though the writing style has lovely descriptions, it was also too direct in approach to characterization and plot.
Weirdly enough, I do think this would make a good musical, either on stage or as an animated movie.
CW (so far): misogyny, abortion (past), forced marriage
Honestly I think I would've mildly liked this book if I finished it, but I just have too many things to read and this doesn't seem like it's something that is really as up my alley as I thought it would be. The combination of a plotline of allegorical oppression and a plotline of oppression copy and pasted from history caused a little friction in my brain, and I felt like though the writing style has lovely descriptions, it was also too direct in approach to characterization and plot.
Weirdly enough, I do think this would make a good musical, either on stage or as an animated movie.
CW (so far): misogyny, abortion (past), forced marriage