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A review by jess_mango
Love, Hate & Other Filters by Samira Ahmed
4.0
This book counts toward Reading Women 2019 Challenge task #11: A book featuring a religion other than your own
Maya is an American-born Indian Muslim living in an Illinois suburb. Her parents have high hopes for her future (going to college in IL, becoming a lawyer, marrying a suitable muslim boy), but that isn't really the future Maya sees for herself. She has a crush on a football player from her school and she dreams of being a film maker. She already feels "different" being the only muslim in her class.
Then there is a bombing in a nearby state. Maya and her family are suddenly subjected to anti-muslim speech and activity from some in the community.
This book was a quick read and was as cute and light as a book about an American Muslim teenage girl who deals with anti-muslim sentiment from a school mate can be. You can't help but root for Maya.
Maya is an American-born Indian Muslim living in an Illinois suburb. Her parents have high hopes for her future (going to college in IL, becoming a lawyer, marrying a suitable muslim boy), but that isn't really the future Maya sees for herself. She has a crush on a football player from her school and she dreams of being a film maker. She already feels "different" being the only muslim in her class.
Then there is a bombing in a nearby state. Maya and her family are suddenly subjected to anti-muslim speech and activity from some in the community.
This book was a quick read and was as cute and light as a book about an American Muslim teenage girl who deals with anti-muslim sentiment from a school mate can be. You can't help but root for Maya.