A review by dramagirl2003
An Emotion of Great Delight by Tahereh Mafi

challenging emotional fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

i still don’t know entirely what to make of this book, but it was certainly enlightening

thoughts while reading

p33: well i thought that but wasn’t 100% sure
p51: look i know it’s a bit weird when your friend is crushing on your sibling, but that is an overkill reaction
p71: maybe shadi was conducting herself with more maturity than shayda and that’s why the doctor assumed she was the oldest
p190: yeah you might as well have
p229: ali better not still be in zahra’s bathroom

quotes

p33:
There's no such thing as an Islamic terrorist.
It was morally impossible—philosophically impossible—to be Muslim and a terrorist at the same time. There was nothing in Islam that condoned the taking of innocent lives.
And yet there it was, every day, every day, the conflation:
Muslim terrorist. Islamic terrorist.

p136:
I had a thousand human needs that needed tending to and I felt paralyzed by the weight of those needs…
…worrying that I perhaps I wasn't eating enough or sleeping enough…
…my heart and mind were so full these days they were stretching at the seams…

p190:
I realized, as I cried myself to sleep that night, that I might've hurt him less had I simply driven a stake through his heart.

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