A review by ishu_u
All This Twisted Glory by Tahereh Mafi

emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

4.0

this book was so disappointing i'm ngl 😭 why does it feel like nothing ever really happens. like the progress is so slowww.

alizeh and cyrus are STILL not wed and make a blood oath by the end like girl. what was really going on in the rest of the book. alizeh just becomes unconscious and then gains consciousness 4 weeks later and a bunch of stuff has happened and after that, it's like. idk. it didn't feel like anything truly significant happened at all.

i like the characters, though. i did want to see more omid and huda so i'm happy i got to see them a lot in this book. but, did their appearances have to be sooo.. like. how do i say this. it just felt like they existed to interrupt the dialogue between everyone else 😭 i hated that, as much as i love the two of them. now as for the romance... why do i feel like tahereh is kind of trying to make kamran into a bad person? like. he's really not.

the way he casually puts his hand on alizeh irks me, though. but other than that, he's fine. but here come the comparisons like oh cyrus did this and kamran would never do as much as cyrus does like yes he absolutely would. i am not forgetting how down bad he was in the first book. that doesn't just disappear and turn into "i believe alizeh belongs to me" like get out of here. do not ruin kamran for me.

i hate love triangles. and i really want to like cyrus, i do. but why is his character just being depressed and being horny 😭 am i not getting something here??

all he did was suffer and suffer some more and be a whore. his thoughts about alizeh r crazy. i wanted to giggle and i DID but like, he needs to chill out. even i'm not that freaky. alizeh horny as hell, too. like calm down, u two have known each other for such a short time. minus him seeing her in his dreams. but, i honestly really don't think that counts.

also did kamran have a pov in this book? i can't rmr. but, he should have had one. give me three povs. or just give me alizeh and kamran tbh.

bc cyrus' pov is pretty much just him being thirsty. like ok, i don't need to see all of that. and kamran and huda were honestly the best part of this book. that's real enemies to lovers. pls, make them kiss, i beg. i want a kamran pov so i can see how these two behave in private and see them make out. thanks.

overall, not that great of a book. but, i actually wasn't too bored reading this one. it was just a bit disappointing.