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The book started off well, we are introduced to the teenage friends Zahra and Maryam in Karachi...
In 1988 , two fourteen-year-old girls have been friends for over ten years and are bonding over...
This is a beautifully written book about friendship and loyalty between friends. However it’s...
a meaningful book on friendship. I adored it utterly. A brilliant masterwork on the loyalty,...
After reading this book i am upmost happy with the fact i entered to win it. i won’t add any...
I found the concept of this novel incredibly interesting, which is why I entered the draw. When...
I absolutely loved Home Fire, so I was very excited to receive an eARC of Shamsie's newest...
This sounded so full of promise...a coming of age fiction with enough twists and borderline...
I enjoyed this novel about two friends from Karachi, both from wealthy families. It’s 1988, and a...
i really wanted to like this book :( when this book first came out i was so excited because i...
This book was a really enjoyable and refreshing read. Both of the central characters where...
the cover of the book is sort of shouting, pick me up from this shelf and calling to be brought....
This book has a lot of twist and turns that I would expect in a book but completely took me by...
This was a really enjoyable read and I took my time reading the story to savour it (hence the...
A beautiful tale that covers a number of themes including a strong focus on friendship....
I really enjoyed reading this book as a whole. There were a few bits where I was a bit bored but...
This novel's ending is, in my opinion, fantastic. I also believe it will serve as a Target...
Zahra and maryam have been the best of friends since childhood until one night of adolescence...
I really enjoyed the flow and story of this book. The characters grow and develop as you read...
I have not read much of Kamila Shamsie's work so a relative newbie to her writing. I have,...
I feel absolutely baffled by this book. Having LOVED Home Fire and enjoyed Burnt Shadows, I...
I absolutely adored Home Fire which won the 2019 Women's Prize so I was excited to be approved to...
In 1988, Fourteen year olds, Zahra and Maryam grew up in Karachi Pakistan as best friends. They...
This was a book of two halves for me. I really enjoyed the first section set in Karachi in 1988...
this book is a very important book as it is representing a minority (pakistani muslims) which you...
This book tells the story of a long lasting friendship. It starts in 1988 with two 14 year old...
I dived into this novel with great anticipation after reading Kamila Shamsie's earlier novel Home...
Just didn't hit the spot for me I'm afraid and I was unable to finish this book. I found the...
This book is set in 1988 and follows the journey of two very close friends with their two...
We first meet Maryam and Zahra in 1988, they come from different backgrounds but are very close...
When asked for my first impressions of this book I wrote:- “I am intrigued by a friendship that...
I wanted to enjoy this book, and whilst I finished it, I can't say I liked it or hated it. It was...
I really enjoyed this book, it is a largely subtle novel and the story progresses gently with...
As the novel had won the Women’s Prize for Fiction I was really looking forward to reading this...
Since this was the author's first book, it definitely lived up to my expectations. Today, I can...
Best of Friends by Kamila Shamsie is about the friendship of 2 girls, Zahra and Maryam in 1988...
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