A review by nezzaaa
When Michael Met Mina by Randa Abdel-Fattah
Did not finish book.
Abandoned half-way.
The main character was pretty unrealistic. She always seems to have the perfect response to everything and makes friends so easily on the first day of school. The romance was terrible and forced, and I felt that all the characters were extremely exaggerated. Also, Mina is portrayed as Muslim but I feel like it wasn't really an aspect of her character. It was only mentioned about twice in the book, which is strange because the whole thing is about Islamophobia/prejudice/racism.
I feel like people who are fans of YA would like it, I think I'm just a bit picky. Overall, really good plot, representation etc. and the writing is great, just the characters are a bit extreme, but I guess that's typical of any YA book.
The main character was pretty unrealistic. She always seems to have the perfect response to everything and makes friends so easily on the first day of school. The romance was terrible and forced, and I felt that all the characters were extremely exaggerated. Also, Mina is portrayed as Muslim but I feel like it wasn't really an aspect of her character. It was only mentioned about twice in the book, which is strange because the whole thing is about Islamophobia/prejudice/racism.
I feel like people who are fans of YA would like it, I think I'm just a bit picky. Overall, really good plot, representation etc. and the writing is great, just the characters are a bit extreme, but I guess that's typical of any YA book.