A review by wtb_michael
No Country Woman by Zoya Patel

3.0

I wanted to like this a bit more than I did - Patel is an engaging memoirist, writing with candour and thoughtfulness about life between cultures - but there were times it felt like a loosely connected set of memoir-y essays rather than a really strong and coherent narrative. That's fine of course, but then you want the essays to dig a bit deeper - if you're going to write a chapter about vegetarianism, than I want something a bit more involved and thought-provoking. This is all a bit critical - it's a smart and readable book with some real insights to offer, I just came in with very high expectations I think.