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A review by hellsfire
The Butterfly Mosque: A Young American Woman's Journey to Love and Islam by G. Willow Wilson
4.0
I didn't know if I would enjoy The Butterfly Mosque. I've never had an identity crisis, haven't lived outside the country, gone to a four year school, I'm a guy and am an atheist. Surprisingly enough, I not only enjoyed it but related with Willow and her journey.
The Butterfly Mosque is a story about growing up, trying to fit in, and trying to fill that void in your life. I can relate to all that. Those themes played through the book more than the love story and religion. That's why anyone can and should read it. If TBM just focused on love and religion, it wouldn't have been as good. Some people would have been turned off and just from reading the cover have probably been.
I do wish the Willow falling in love with Omar had been expanded upon. For one, our society's different from theirs but it also seemed to move too fast. It wasn't that Willow and Omar fell in love fast but more that I wanted to know what they did or didn't do. On the one hand, they were married but on the other they were not. You see, it's all very confusing. But as someone who exists in two worlds, it always is.
The Butterfly Mosque is a story about growing up, trying to fit in, and trying to fill that void in your life. I can relate to all that. Those themes played through the book more than the love story and religion. That's why anyone can and should read it. If TBM just focused on love and religion, it wouldn't have been as good. Some people would have been turned off and just from reading the cover have probably been.
I do wish the Willow falling in love with Omar had been expanded upon. For one, our society's different from theirs but it also seemed to move too fast. It wasn't that Willow and Omar fell in love fast but more that I wanted to know what they did or didn't do. On the one hand, they were married but on the other they were not. You see, it's all very confusing. But as someone who exists in two worlds, it always is.