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A review by katiemack
Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know by Samira Ahmed
4.0
3.5, rounded up. Although the writing style is a little disjointed and gets bogged down by some of the historical details, I enjoyed solving the mystery of the "lady with raven tresses" along with Khayyam (excellent interfaith/intercultural representation here) and Alexandre Dumas (yes, he is a descendant of THE Alexandre Dumas).
Ahmed describes the streets of Paris so vividly and with a lot of love--it gave me wanderlust, which is not ideal under social isolation during the current pandemic! I also appreciated that all the characters (even the side characters, aside from the mysterious uncle) have depth and are well developed.
Ahmed describes the streets of Paris so vividly and with a lot of love--it gave me wanderlust, which is not ideal under social isolation during the current pandemic! I also appreciated that all the characters (even the side characters, aside from the mysterious uncle) have depth and are well developed.