'A Big-Hearted, Captivating, Modern-Day Muslim Pride and Bigotry, instead of corsets, with Hijabs instead of Top Hats and Kurtas.'
I read this book thinking that it would follow the P&P of Austen, and so it would be totally predictable. I was happy to see that this wasn't the case. I will honestly conclude that it was very unlike P&P. I didn't find it almost as clever or witty, either.It was a little more like 'You've Got Mail,' but not just as gripping again. I just wish that it had been a little more gripping. Or guided by plot.
I didn't like what they were involved in, the Amir and Tarek plot. (Pornography- yuck!) But for her Indian cultural production, I have to commend the writer: Khalid. He was very distinctive, and I would say he was far away from any stereotypes of South Asia.The storey ended neatly, but I didn't really like it enough to think about reading it again. It's set in the Muslim community and it's about family at its heart.
I read this book thinking that it would follow the P&P of Austen, and so it would be totally predictable. I was happy to see that this wasn't the case. I will honestly conclude that it was very unlike P&P. I didn't find it almost as clever or witty, either.It was a little more like 'You've Got Mail,' but not just as gripping again. I just wish that it had been a little more gripping. Or guided by plot.
I didn't like what they were involved in, the Amir and Tarek plot. (Pornography- yuck!) But for her Indian cultural production, I have to commend the writer: Khalid. He was very distinctive, and I would say he was far away from any stereotypes of South Asia.The storey ended neatly, but I didn't really like it enough to think about reading it again. It's set in the Muslim community and it's about family at its heart.