The Consequences of Love

Posted on 03 July 2018 by Sulaiman Addonia

Naser is a young African immigrant who works the carwash in downtown Jeddah The long, hot summer has arrived and his friends have left the city Naser spends his time off sitting beneath the palm tree outside his flat, dreaming of Egyptian actresses, and keeping out of the way of the religious police. Read The Consequences of Love author Sulaiman Addonia – kino-fada.fr The Consequences of Love is a book about love, about political and social and cultural constraints, and the consequences of following your heart in direct conflict with those rules and constraints The novel is set in the year 1989, in Saudi Arabia, where the women are covered head to toe in black cloth, and the men move freely in light coloured cotton through the streets Naser, a 20 year old man, feels like an outsider His life from a little boy has been to serve others and survive, but Naser The Consequences of Love is a book about love, about political and social and cultural constraints, and the consequences of following your heart in direct conflict with those rules and constraints The novel is set in the year 1989, in Saudi Arabia, where the women are covered head to toe in black cloth, and the men move freely in light coloured cotton through the streets Naser, a 20 year old man, feels like an outsider His life from a little boy has been to serve others and survive, but Naser dreams of one day falling in love with a woman This is something his peers scoff at, knowing that Naser s westernised conception of being free to love does not exist in Saudi Arabia, with its arranged marriages and complete segregation of women from men Then, one day, m...The problem with this debut novel is that it is precisely what the title says it is a story about the consequences of love Despite the dramatic cover design, it is a very plain novel, with a plot straight from the Mills Boon Harlequin stables, Middle Eastern style boy meets girl, society disapproves, it all ends in tears It is the story of Eritrean refugee Naser, living in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, under strict Muslim law As a light romance,...NadirasPointOfReview I decided it was better to continue holding on to an idea, even if it was dangerous, in the hope that it would one day become , rather than continue living in a loveless worldI just finished reading The Consequences of Love by Sulaiman Addonia What I thought started off as average writing, turned out to be a thoroughly engrossing tale of Caged Emotions and Love before Sight I never came across a book that gave me chills and goosebump...A beautiful love story, just when I thought I ve read everything there is to read about Muslim countries Such a pleasant surpriseI wanted to like this bookI was looking forward to reading a story about an Eritrean man s time in Saudi Arabia, given that the author is an Eritrean man who lived in Saudi Arabia The story had promise and I enjoyed certain aspects of it, but overall I found it rather disappointing I read it quickly so I could finish it and move on to something else.The writing itself was average I don t know if that s due in part to the translation or just the fact that this was Addonia s first novel, I wanted to like this bookI was looking forward to reading a story about an Eritrean man s time in Saudi Arabia, given that the author is an Eritrean man who lived in Saudi Arabia The story had promise and I enjoyed certain aspects of it, but overall I found it rather disappointing I read it quickly so I could finish it and move on to something else.The writing itself was average I don t know if that s due in part to the translation or just the fact that this was Addonia s first novel, but it definitely felt like a first novel I say that as someone who admires the work that goes into writing a novel and who has never ...Once i started this book, i couldn t put it down any The central love story is gripping, sensual, dangerous and makes your heart beat All what you need from a great novel The focus is on Naser and Fiore, who live in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and because they are not married are not allowed to meet in public under the strict Wahhabi regime of Saudi Arabia While the story is thriving, many other aspects...Browsing in the library, I was intrigued to find a book about an African immigrant in Saudi Arabia, written by an author who went through that experience himself No doubt this is what caught the publishers attention as well I don t really blame them exotic locales and unique experiences sell I m as responsible for that trend in publishing as anyone else , and so I suppose they d be thrilled to take something like this as long as it s minimally competent, with proper grammar and scene Browsing in the library, I was intrigued to find a book about an African immigrant in Saudi Arabia, written by an author who went through that experience himself No doubt this is what caught the publishers attention...Good book Very different I don t think there is another book just like this one in bookstores A rare find There is a lot to learn in this book, I would say One gets to understand and learn about a culture and its practices, however unfair or gruesome it might be The author writes with a lot of frustration, anger and a sense of desperation that I could feel as a reader, which speaks a lot of the quality of this novel Some parts are a little hard to read, it s gritty and painful to pass Good book Very different I don t think there is another book just like this one in bookstores A rare find There is a lot to learn in this book, I would say One gets to understand and learn about a culture and its practices, however unfair or gruesome it might be The author writes with a lot of frustration, anger and a sense of desperation that I could feel as a reader, which speaks a lot of the quality of this novel Some parts are a little hard to read, it s gritty and painful to pass through those pages I found a great deal of satisfaction in reading this book It has all that a book should have, love, loss and pain There are some unrealistic elements in this book though I find that the writer has a lot of hatred for Saudi Arabian lifestyle and culture, thus I could not fully immerse in the cultural elements of the book I w...I thought this was a remarkable book Naser is an Eritrean Ethiopian refugee who ends up in Muslim controlled Saudi Arabia As a refugee Naser is forced to endure sexual abuse by his employers, sponsors and supposed friends all men who turn to boys due to the controls imposed against relations between men and women by the controlling fanatical Imams and religious police Against all odds Naser begins a...Set in Saudia Arabia this love story between Eritrean immigrant and Saudi born woman certainly lives up to the love conquers all premise It is a beautifully told tale and the descriptions of the environment and culture really set the scene and draw the reader in to this closed community It is also at times a thrilling, edge of the seat read I thought the ending was set at just the right level how accurate to what would likely happen in a case of forbidden love I don t know, but it worked Set in Saudia Arabia this love story between Eritrean immigrant and Saudi born woman certainly lives up to the love conquers all premise It is a beautifully told tale and the descriptions of the environment and culture really set the scene and draw the reader in to this closed community It is also at times a thrilling, edge of the seat read I thought the ending w...

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03 July 2018

Sulaiman Addonia