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Amina's Song
by Hena Khan
Can we all just take a moment and acknowledge two things - first, this book cover is just so AWESOME I can't even begin to explain my feelings and second, Middle Grade books are the best. Oh and no, the topic isn't up for discussion because these art two indisputable facts. Period.
I cannot begin raving about this book and the fact that this made me antsy to read Amina's Voice is just plan giveaway about how amazing it was. The novel started off in Pakistan and oh my I really wanna visit it someday! But what struck me more was the similarity of events that strangely felt like home. The book was obviously more character driven - we saw how Amina was growing, how she was dealing with the whole not belonging enough to her roots, or identity crisis?, how she was so willing to make a change and contribute her part to the society piece by piece.
But more than that, it felt like a very cute love letter to all the Third World Countries - that their story isn't all about disturbance and violence. Which was such a strong message to be delivered! I know violence, terrorist attacks, displacement etc. aren't something that should be ignored but what's more important is to actively acknowledge the lives present there - the disturbance present in the country is a part of their life, not their whole life. It gave a very strong message that amidst the violence, the achievements should also be taken into account and should be acknowledged so that many others take inspiration from it.
The novel overall was soo short, I really wanted to more about Amina! I hopeee there's one more novel for her story because it is soo beautiful! It threw light upon growing as a person, pursuing dreams, giving to community and omggg it had such an amazing diverse cast! I truly loved it and I cannot waitt to read Amina's Voice (I know the order of the series is wrong but, well, Amina's Song can be very well read as a stand-alone book!). Also, not related, but ig Bollywood movies are pretty famous :p
Trigger Warnings: Mentions of gun violence, destruction of property, poor health, displacement, taliban attacks and instances that can be considered micro-aggressions
Thank you to the Author and netgalley for providing me with an arc of this book!
I cannot begin raving about this book and the fact that this made me antsy to read Amina's Voice is just plan giveaway about how amazing it was. The novel started off in Pakistan and oh my I really wanna visit it someday! But what struck me more was the similarity of events that strangely felt like home. The book was obviously more character driven - we saw how Amina was growing, how she was dealing with the whole not belonging enough to her roots, or identity crisis?, how she was so willing to make a change and contribute her part to the society piece by piece.
But more than that, it felt like a very cute love letter to all the Third World Countries - that their story isn't all about disturbance and violence. Which was such a strong message to be delivered! I know violence, terrorist attacks, displacement etc. aren't something that should be ignored but what's more important is to actively acknowledge the lives present there - the disturbance present in the country is a part of their life, not their whole life. It gave a very strong message that amidst the violence, the achievements should also be taken into account and should be acknowledged so that many others take inspiration from it.
The novel overall was soo short, I really wanted to more about Amina! I hopeee there's one more novel for her story because it is soo beautiful! It threw light upon growing as a person, pursuing dreams, giving to community and omggg it had such an amazing diverse cast! I truly loved it and I cannot waitt to read Amina's Voice (I know the order of the series is wrong but, well, Amina's Song can be very well read as a stand-alone book!). Also, not related, but ig Bollywood movies are pretty famous :p
Trigger Warnings: Mentions of gun violence, destruction of property, poor health, displacement, taliban attacks and instances that can be considered micro-aggressions
Thank you to the Author and netgalley for providing me with an arc of this book!