so-soThis one was hard work - partly a memoir of life in #Iran and partly literary criticism of a number of books, I found it very dense. I did learn about life during the Iran / Iraq war and the strict regime under Khomeini. What irked me most was the author claimed to be all about ‘her girls‘ (those who joined her book club) but it felt very me, me,me.
Having said all that this is available for #swapme if you‘re not completely put off! ⬇️
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rockpools Congratulations on finishing it - you‘re storming through these! I might pass though 😉 4y
ephemeralwaltz Yeah, I ended up DNFing this one even though I thought it was so interesing. 4y
vlwelser This one is really dense. It took me forever to read the entire thing. 4y
Lcsmcat I agree that there was a lot of “me” in this, but I found it fascinating. We think of these areas of the world as somehow backward, but within my lifetime they were anything but. And our alliances has shifted so much that when my brother was in a military college he had Iranian classmates. I think we need to remember that. Just my 2 cents. 4y
BarbaraBB Great review nevertheless! 4y
PurpleTulipGirl I found the literary criticism less interesting and was prone to skimming it, but I did appreciate the way it offered a different understanding of books. 4y
squirrelbrain Yeah, I‘d skip it too if I was you Rachel! @rockpools 🤣 4y
squirrelbrain It‘s weird isn‘t it, how it was so interesting but so difficult to plough through? And I did skim some bits of it too.... @ephemeralwaltz @vlwelser @PurpleTulipGirl 4y
squirrelbrain @Lcsmcat - I was amazed at how much these ‘ordinary‘ women fought against the regime, and how they still found escape and solace in literature. As you say, it was fascinating. (Just hard work! ) 😁 4y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4y
youneverarrived I bailed on this but wanted to go back to it. It was just too much for me at the time but I know some people really love it! 4y
Centique This one makes me laugh because when I mentioned to my IRL book club that I was going to read it, they wanted to read it too. I told them it was going to have a lot of literary analysis in it - but I guess they didn‘t believe me. They all bailed. 😂😂 I liked it because it was like being in English lectures again. But it‘s not quite what people expect from the blurbs I think. 4y
squirrelbrain Yes, it‘s not really what I expected at all @Centique - even though my Mum had read it before me and found it hard work. (I just didn‘t believe her!) 4y
Librarybelle Great review! 4y
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