Sofia Khan is Not Obliged

Posted on 11 April 2017 by Ayisha Malik

Brilliant idea Excellent Muslim dating Well, I had no idea you were allowed to date Then he leaned towards me and looked at me sympathetically Are your parents quite disappointed Unlucky in love once again after her possible marriage partner to be proves a little too close to his parents, Sofia Khan is ready to renounce men for good Or at least she was, until her boss persuades her to write a tell all expose about the Muslim dating scene As her woes become her work, Sofia must lean on the support of her brilliant friends, baffled colleagues and baffling parents as she goes in search of stories for her book In amongst the marriage crazy relatives, racist tube passengers and decidedly odd online daters, could there be a a lingering possibility that she might just be falling in love Free Download Kindle ePUB Sofia Khan is Not Obliged author Ayisha Malik – kino-fada.fr Reread Brilliant Loved it As hilarious and as heartfelt as the first timeInitial review4.5 LOVED THIS It s about timebooks came out that feature Muslim protagonists and showcase diversity and representation in all kinds of forms This book was just an overall fun read I had the best time with it and I couldn t put it down It follows a Muslim woman who s been asked to write a book about Muslim dating by the publishing company she works for It tackles many of the Reread Brilliant Loved it As hilarious and as heartfelt as the first timeInitial review4.5 LOVED THIS It s about timebooks came out that feature Muslim protagonists and showcase diversity and representation in all kinds of forms This book was just an overall fun read I had the best time with it and I couldn t ...HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THAT is the sound of the high pitched squeal I let out of me when I finished this book LOVE IT Chick lits and women s fiction in general so often seem to get a bad rep And sometimes I guess that is kinda earned because they frequently fall into the same old clich s and the same old storylines with only moderate differences Maybe change the geographical setting, change the names of the main characters and their professions And then it s a HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THAT is the sound of the high pitched squeal I let out of me when I finished this book LOVE IT Chick lits and women s fiction in general so often seem to get a bad rep And sometimes I guess that is kinda earned because they frequently fall i...If I were to count the number of times I ve seen myself represented in fiction, it would take nothan 60 seconds You d say I m lying considering the fact that Muslims are mentioned so often in media However, literature that is truly representative of Muslims, are few and far between.Ayisha Malik s debut follows Sofia Khan, a Hijabi Muslim and a first generation immigrant from Pakistan living in London and working in the book publishing industry Just bouncing back from a broken engagement If I were to count the number of times I ve seen myself represented in fiction, it would take nothan 60 seconds You d say I m l...Full Review This is a book I don t think I would have come across or been interested in but my friend who was reading it suggested I do too because of how funny it is and she was kind enough to borrow me her copy She did not lie I laughed so hard while reading this and sometimes too much that it led to crying.This book is about Sofia, a 30 year old Pakistani Muslim who is writing a book about Muslim dating She uses herself, her family members and friends lives as inspiration for the Full Review This is a book I don t think I would have come across or been interested in but my friend who was reading it suggested I do too because of how funny it is and she was kind enough to borrow me her copy She did not lie I laughed so hard while reading this ...4.5 5Different Brilliant One of a kind I was going to give this book 4 stars only BUT THAT ENDING DAMMIT, exactly how I wanted it to be I don t care about I love yous they re for people who don t know any better You should never change is the culmination of all your flaws made necessary the imperfect sum of an imperfect past, which turned to be a good thing for someone Sofia is thirty years old when she breaks up with her potential husband, Imran, after he asks her to live with his 4.5 5Different Brilliant One of a kind I was going to give this book 4 sta...The thing about romantic comedy is that it has to be funny If the plot consists almost entirely of a round of everyday events drinks with mates, squabbles with parents, deadlines at work, dates with boys then it really needs to be packed full of sparkling wit and astute observations Otherwise, it s just banal.In Sofia Khan the comedy is strongest during moments of culture clash when the well meaning but clueless colleagues in the most white centric, middle class industry there is are The thing about romantic comedy is that it has to be funny If the plot consists almost entirely of a round of everyday events drinks with mates, squabbles with parents, deadlines at work, dates with boys then it really needs to be packed full of sparkling wit and astute observations Otherwise, it s just banal.In Sofia Khan the comedy is strongest during moments of culture clash when the well meaning but clueless colleagues in the most white centric, middle class industry there is are fascinated by Sofia s scarf imagine everyone at work being amazed that you keep your trousers up by doing up the buttons , or when her squabbling parents are baffled by the behaviour of their ...I m sorry, but this book reads like a first draft and not a very good one There are many, many typos, misspellings, and grammatical issues, and the acerbic tone, which is cute and funny for about two pages, becomes tiresome far too quickly.I adore books about South Asian culture, especially when they pit the volatile mismatch of tradition against the plight of progressive women The blurb promised an intriguing tale from a perspecti...Trigger warnings Islamophobia, view spoiler death of a parent hide spoiler.This book is essentially Bridget Jones Diary, if Bridget Jones were a Pakistani hijabi who still lived with her parents in 2011 Seriously I was a little hesitant going into this, because it uses the same short chapters with time and date stamps format as Bridget Jones, and the story seemed to be going in a fairly similar way So I was scared that it was going to be...wow this was bad not to like be rude or anything but i was trying to finish this book as fast as possible so i could go back to living a happy lifelet s just run through my complaints real quick the tone is supposed to be lighthearted, fun, chick lit but i found it extremely JUVENILE to the point that it was painful the main character is immature, judgemental, and i found her really tiring to put up with there s lots of jokes that i found distasteful and kinda offensive concerning black wow this was bad not to like be rude or anything but i was trying to finish this ...Loved this book It s definitely a favourite of mine I can t imagine someone not loving this book unless they re racist or can t stand reading stories of diverse characters or just don t want to participate in at least trying to understand the humour or the sentiments presented in the book basically lazy people Seriously, I can t imagine a better book than this one when it comes to honest and hilarious Muslim fiction I ve been waiting for the kind of book that would actually be something I Loved this book It s definitely a favourite of mine I can t imagine someone not loving this book unless they re racist or can t stand reading stories of diverse characters or just don t want to participate in at least trying to understand the humour or the sentiments presented in ...

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11 April 2017

Ayisha Malik