A review by salam_
حوجن [Ḥawjan] by Ibraheem Abbas

5.0

BRILLIANT!!

You see, no matter what I write here, it will not be enough to describe the wonderfulness of this book., but I'll try anyway:

أولاً: أفكار الكاتب و رأيه في كل شي من جوانب حياة الإنس دقيق تماماً و أنا أوافقه الرأي في كل ما قال.

ثانياً: قبل أن أبدأ في قراءة الكتاب توقعت أن يشعرني بالخوف و الارتياب و الرعب لكن لم يحدث ذلك البتة.

ثالثاً: و هذا من أهم الأشياء التي أحكم على الكتاب بها "النهاية"، النهاية كانت غير متوقعة و مذهلة و بعد أن انتهيت من قراءة الكتاب غمرني أحساس جمييل

Poetic justice also was a great part of this book, and the info it gave was enriching, so I'm definitely going to read more of Ibraheem Abbas's writings.


Looking back at the initial finish date 27/12/2013
And finishing reading it today 26/12/2023

Exactly 10 years year later (minus one day) is spooky crazy to me. Regardless, a decade later and I still love it as much! I was so scared going into it that I’m not gonna like it as I did the first time, but I proved myself wrong.
I must mention the reason why I decided to go back to it now is that a movie is coming out and they’re already showing trailers on Vox Cinema. Although I am excited about it, after re-reading the book, I doubt the movie is gonna do it justice.