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akaanshaa's review
2.0
I watched Noor when it released but it was a disappointment. But I heard few good things about the book and the title intrigued me. That's how I ended up picking up this book. And what a mess it has been.
The plot is very basic revolving around a Journalist from Karachi but the only solution this book gives for every sort of problem in life is drink booze. Wine, beer, whiskey, vodka, scotch you name it, you have it. The women has 1000 problems but didn't bother solving even one. She just drinks and smoke and someone else solves everything for her. In fact her revenge from Jamie is also not her.
And the love story. I love friendship budding into romance but sorry there isn't any thing budding between Ayesha and Saad. It's plain boring. And out of no where, boom, they got together in the end.
1.5 stars are more than enough for this.
The plot is very basic revolving around a Journalist from Karachi but the only solution this book gives for every sort of problem in life is drink booze. Wine, beer, whiskey, vodka, scotch you name it, you have it. The women has 1000 problems but didn't bother solving even one. She just drinks and smoke and someone else solves everything for her. In fact her revenge from Jamie is also not her.
And the love story. I love friendship budding into romance but sorry there isn't any thing budding between Ayesha and Saad. It's plain boring. And out of no where, boom, they got together in the end.
1.5 stars are more than enough for this.
kafiro_ka_kafka's review
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
minzreads's review
1.0
This started off so promising but after a few chapters it was literally the same thing over and over again. Sex, booze, sex, booze, bitching about boss, sex, booze,..., and so on.I guess it's a good beach read when you don't want to think about things too much.
amnamuneer's review
1.0
Saba Imtiaz, you're killing me! Is this really what you call a novel? There's no begining , no middle , no end, and everything is so cliche! I knew about Jamie the moment he was introduced that he will turn out to be a douche!In all the 260-something pages, there were hardly three to four moments where I laughed out loud. The book was not as good as was promised it would be!
AND THE AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL, OH DEAR GOD! This felt like an exremely wanna-be kind of novel with only the names changed to Pakistani names.
Every thing about the story was expected, from Saad's attitude to his behavior towards the end, complete with an extremely cliche scene at the airport! You call THAT a conclusion to the novel? The book in no way did satisfy me!
You know this doesn't even deserve one star, and it only got that because of the cat, YES THE BLOODY CAT. The only character I liked. And you know you're a horrible author when the only likable character from your book is a damn cat!
AND THE AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL, OH DEAR GOD! This felt like an exremely wanna-be kind of novel with only the names changed to Pakistani names.
Every thing about the story was expected, from Saad's attitude to his behavior towards the end, complete with an extremely cliche scene at the airport! You call THAT a conclusion to the novel? The book in no way did satisfy me!
You know this doesn't even deserve one star, and it only got that because of the cat, YES THE BLOODY CAT. The only character I liked. And you know you're a horrible author when the only likable character from your book is a damn cat!
riri_28's review
2.0
The start of the book was SO SO slow. Things only started picking up after the 150th page or so. I made it through but I so badly wanted to DNF it!
Ayesha was relatable yes, but so so repetitive and boring. Whoever compared this book to Bridget Jones?!? NO JUST NO
Ayesha was relatable yes, but so so repetitive and boring. Whoever compared this book to Bridget Jones?!? NO JUST NO
zararah's review
2.0
I had different expectations of this book – it's a great idea to show a wholly different side to Karachi than the one we normally hear about, but I found the writing style hard to follow and a little too much like a teenager's diary... I didn't learn that much about Karachi as a city, or the culture either, which is what I was hoping for.
hsutherland2's review
4.0
Enjoyable albeit 100% predictable. It really is the Bridget Jones's Diary of Pakistan (as says the cover blurb). I look forward to more!
shoaibmnagi's review
1.0
Language is one of mankind's greatest achievement. Its awesomeness lies in its versatility; on one hand you can arrange thousands of words and produce something artistically spectacular like Ulyyses, In Search of Lost Time or Hamlet, and on the other, you can also jumble up and rearrange those words to produce some genuinely awful and mind-numbing horsecrap like this novel.
Truly one of the most awful books I've read in my life, and I say this despite the fact that I've read both Mein Kampf and Atlas Shrugged.
This book was crafted to cater to the hordes of vapid, mediocre masses of population who have dumbed themselves down over time using a steady supply of chick-lit, modern pop music and Buzzfeed. This can be gauged from the fact that this book uses a quote from Bridget Jones' Diary as its epigraph, an omen (in and of itself) of shit to come.
To summarize, 'Karachi, You're Killing Me!' has pulled off the magic troika of pathetic fiction: 1. bad and unimaginative story-line riddled with cliches; 2. horrible and drearily plain use of the English language and 3. getting itself compared to Mein Kampf and Atlas Shrugged (even if it is by someone as unimportant as myself).
Truly one of the most awful books I've read in my life, and I say this despite the fact that I've read both Mein Kampf and Atlas Shrugged.
This book was crafted to cater to the hordes of vapid, mediocre masses of population who have dumbed themselves down over time using a steady supply of chick-lit, modern pop music and Buzzfeed. This can be gauged from the fact that this book uses a quote from Bridget Jones' Diary as its epigraph, an omen (in and of itself) of shit to come.
To summarize, 'Karachi, You're Killing Me!' has pulled off the magic troika of pathetic fiction: 1. bad and unimaginative story-line riddled with cliches; 2. horrible and drearily plain use of the English language and 3. getting itself compared to Mein Kampf and Atlas Shrugged (even if it is by someone as unimportant as myself).
strickvl's review
5.0
For a long time, those interested in Pakistan (or South Asia in general) have had to be content with a series of fairly overwritten/overwrought novels. Not many voice this frustration in public, but I doubt I am the only one to feel it.
Our wait is over.
'Karachi, You're Killing Me' is a tour-de-force rampage of a novel that tears through the realities of living in a metropolis-mega-city like Karachi as a twenty-something female journalist. From tracking down disappeared political prisoners to the travails of covering fashion week, Saba Imtiaz brings the city to life in a way that no book (with the possible exception of Mohammad Hanif's Our Lady of Alice Bhatti) has so far.
If you've always been curious about Karachi and wanted to go, come on up: Saba Imtiaz's debut novel is waiting to take you there.
Our wait is over.
'Karachi, You're Killing Me' is a tour-de-force rampage of a novel that tears through the realities of living in a metropolis-mega-city like Karachi as a twenty-something female journalist. From tracking down disappeared political prisoners to the travails of covering fashion week, Saba Imtiaz brings the city to life in a way that no book (with the possible exception of Mohammad Hanif's Our Lady of Alice Bhatti) has so far.
If you've always been curious about Karachi and wanted to go, come on up: Saba Imtiaz's debut novel is waiting to take you there.
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