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This is the story of a teenage girl in Syria whose boyfriend is arrested by the government for criticizing it. This causes her already deep sense of strictness to the laws of the Qu'ran to become even more so, to the point where she decides to join a group of anti-government rebels who advocate a return to the fundamental laws of Islam and banning western/American ways.
I found this a difficult read, on a couple of levels. First, the author's writing style seemed staccato, as if she were jumping ...more
I found this a difficult read, on a couple of levels. First, the author's writing style seemed staccato, as if she were jumping ...more
Weak. I expected to gain insight into what would make a Muslim teenage girl turn into a suicide bomber and instead I got a lot of teenage girl angst about her family and boys, which seemed reminiscent of any American Xian girl. The ending was trite. Just not a very compelling or memorable novel.
