A review by amethyst_hearts_books
I Can't Think Straight by Shamim Sarif

2.0

This was a very quick read, but unfortunately it's because I skimmed some parts (mostly Reema's, and some of the Lamia/Kareem bits). I felt like the writing could have been better, and the quick switches from character to character were jarring. There were too many characters, and I didn't really feel like I got to know Tala and Leyla. I think it would have been better if the author had developed the story more. Soon after Tala and Leyla met, for example, they went for lunch, but this was skipped over completely. That would have been a perfect time to showcase their budding feelings, but there was only a paragraph devoted to it. I noticed that the author is a filmmaker, and it did feel to me like she was writing a movie, not a novel.