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A review by giulay
Mariam Sharma Hits the Road by Sheba Karim
3.0
"Knowledge can be painful, but it comes with a sort of peace."
TW: homophobia, racism, islamophobia, abusive parents
Actual rating: 3.5 ⭐️
Quick, light, summer read with, nonetheless, its depth and bite.
Part road trip, part coming-of-age, part judgement of our society, this book was a delight to read.
It was mainly about friendship with little to no romance and some very serious topics were tackled.
In fact, I utterly adored the discourses about religion, faith, feminism, patriarchalism, LGBTQ, family, love, friendship, therapy, racism and mental health. Through be told, though, I felt that sometimes some passages were a bit preachy, a touch pretentious and, thus, heavy.
Still, I seriously liked how this book engaged with some very interesting and timely topics.
Good stuff, really 👌🏻
The characters were unique and three dimensional and I loved how diverse they were:
Half Indian, half Hindu main character with practically no sense of humour who’s looking for her father.
Pakistani, Muslim, gay side character with a strong faith, an homophobic father and a great fashion sense.
Pakistani side character with a somewhat problematic family and a fire-y nature.
All three personalities were well flashed out and brought to the table interesting point of views and opinions. Really liked their friendship dynamic and how close they were.
The plot was easy to follow and enjoyable for the majority of the time. I thought some parts were a bit boring (for example, twice the characters went to a party and twice the details about said party were too much...it got boring, tbh) but overall funny and light.
Even if my rating is only average, I’d highly recommend this book as it’s accessible and easy to read and yet, it majestically handles serious topics and challenges stereotypes.
"One of life’s sad truths is that not all of us receive love but every single one of us know pain."
TW: homophobia, racism, islamophobia, abusive parents
Actual rating: 3.5 ⭐️
Quick, light, summer read with, nonetheless, its depth and bite.
Part road trip, part coming-of-age, part judgement of our society, this book was a delight to read.
It was mainly about friendship with little to no romance and some very serious topics were tackled.
In fact, I utterly adored the discourses about religion, faith, feminism, patriarchalism, LGBTQ, family, love, friendship, therapy, racism and mental health. Through be told, though, I felt that sometimes some passages were a bit preachy, a touch pretentious and, thus, heavy.
Still, I seriously liked how this book engaged with some very interesting and timely topics.
Good stuff, really 👌🏻
The characters were unique and three dimensional and I loved how diverse they were:
Half Indian, half Hindu main character with practically no sense of humour who’s looking for her father.
Pakistani, Muslim, gay side character with a strong faith, an homophobic father and a great fashion sense.
Pakistani side character with a somewhat problematic family and a fire-y nature.
All three personalities were well flashed out and brought to the table interesting point of views and opinions. Really liked their friendship dynamic and how close they were.
The plot was easy to follow and enjoyable for the majority of the time. I thought some parts were a bit boring (for example, twice the characters went to a party and twice the details about said party were too much...it got boring, tbh) but overall funny and light.
Even if my rating is only average, I’d highly recommend this book as it’s accessible and easy to read and yet, it majestically handles serious topics and challenges stereotypes.
"One of life’s sad truths is that not all of us receive love but every single one of us know pain."