A review by lara_bookish_turtle
When Michael Met Mina by Randa Abdel-Fattah

4.0

It's so much easier to live in a world where everything is black and white.

Really enjoyed this one! Cute and relevant; what more could you want?

Likes:
- Characterisation was great and diverse
~ Mina was such a brilliant protagonist
- Michael was complicated and his development was very well done
~ Dealt with the topic of refugees, showing both sides of the argument
- Racism was dealt with; A very important theme which there is never enough rep. for
~ Romance was cute and not rushed which was nice
- Friendships were good, with a mix of the complicated ones and the solid best friend (for Mina at least)
~ A very character focussed novel

Dislikes:
- Some sections were drawn out
~ Dialogue was very weak and usually felt forced
- Plot was predictable
~ Aussie values: They seemed to exist just to show the other side of the coin, but they had no solid points or motivations for what they were doing.
- Michael's friends are losers and I don't know why he didn't ditch them before

It was a good book and I definitely recommend.