Monica Ali

A Novel

Brick Lane

Tayyibah S

I really did enjoy this book in certain parts. There were some parts however I felt were prolonged, unnecessary and irrelevant. I guess those parts contributed to the reality of a young Bangladeshi lady who willingly and unknowingly complied to an arranged marriage to a man a lot senior to her.
 I love this book because it portrays how Bangladeshi women suffered in Britain during the late 1900s and early 2000s. I also think, was Monica Ali also trying to show the dark side of the Bangladeshi community in East London? I think she was.
 Despite these toxic times, this book empowers Nazneen and her friends at the end after a long, gruelling journey full of heartache, deceit, and lust.

Nadine 

Long narrative telling the tar of 2 Bengali girls, one who stays and one who moves to London. Story unfolds over time - interesting developments

Cristian Garcia

Ashton Taylor

Sunky

Stephanie Hume 

Erin G.

Amelia C 

Martha F.

Rustė Tervydytė

Meryn Kae Addison

Matthew Jackson

Kathy Rodger 

Liz Prinz

Sabine Delorme

Bee 

Maéva ✳︎

Jennifer A.

Mary Baldwin

Rose Stanley

Katie L

Kim 

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