Iman Hariri-Kia

Okay, why the heck was this book advertised as General Fiction (Adult) | Women's Fiction. This was clearly, except for one graphic scene, a young adult novel. And I do mean YOUNG. Was this satire? I admit I was the wrong audience for this book, but nothing in the book's description really made me understand that the author was ageist. I received this as an ARC and am told to give an honest review-well here goes:

Bigotry abounds. And just in case you want to jump on me for this opinion, this is the meaning of bigotry: "
big·ot·ry
/ˈbiɡətrē/
noun
obstinate or unreasonable attachment to a belief, opinion, or faction; in particular, prejudice against a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular group.
"the difficulties of combating prejudice and bigotry""

Okay, I got that out of the way. It wasn't just the age slurs that were bigoted, but I won't discuss the other biases here.

The usage of every pop culture reference known to man/woman/it kind just made my skin crawl. And yes, I did understand most of them.

All of the characters were unlikeable throughout the entire book. There was very little at the end of the book that redeem even our protagonist, Noora.

This is the perfect book for those who are ultra woke, ultra Liberal, and a Democrat (it surprised me that no negative comments were made about Trump!)

I admit I did read this until the end, hoping for some redeeming value for my time-I found none. However, you may.… (plus d'informations)