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Shamim Sarif

Autor/a de I Can't Think Straight [film]

12 obres 557 Membres 12 Ressenyes

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Data de naixement
1969-09-24
Gènere
female
Nacionalitat
UK
País (per posar en el mapa)
UK
Lloc de naixement
London, England, UK
Llocs de residència
London, England, UK
Educació
University of London
Boston University (MA - English)
Professions
screenwriter
director
memoirist
Relacions
Hanan Kattan (wife, collaborator)

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I absolutely loved this book. I feel like the ending was rather abrupt, however,and I finished it wanting to know more. But a great book nonetheless.
 
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coffeechic | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | May 31, 2023 |
I did very much like the story and the characters. My only wish is that the POVs were more limited in the scenes.
 
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amcheri | Hi ha 4 ressenyes més | Jan 5, 2023 |
Literary Merit: Fine
Characterization: Good
Recommended: Yes
Level: High School

This story is about a secret group all female of undercover agents who rescue women from human trafficing and abuse by dictators. When our main character goes too far and takes matter into her own hands, she is cast out. However, she continues to follow the group and ends up saving them during their next mission. The first 200 pages were way too slow and then all the action and suspense were crammed in the last 100 pages. The end made up for it some, but I wish the pacing had been better so I wasn’t already bored and disinterested by the time things got good. This book wanted to be a feminist spy thriller but the problems with the writing held back the suspense that would've made the story stand out… (més)
 
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SWONroyal | Dec 19, 2019 |
Thoughts on a book so good I'll need more time to wrap up my thoughts...

I really, really like this book. It is not just well-written and thoughtful, gripping and genuine, _I Can't Think Straight_ speaks to anyone who has ever felt pressured to be part of something because parents or society expect it, not because it is what you yourself truly want.

'But there was a reason why romance and passion were so suited to fiction; and to learn this lesson was a function of maturity...a growth away from the hotheadedness of youth." A mother thinks this as she busily and self-importantly works on the finishing touches of her daughter's engagement party. She dismisses love as a reason for marriage or she would if she even gave one second of thought to her daughter's impending marriage as a personal thing and not THE event of the season.

"Maybe we expect too much," a daughter says to her new friend, in the beginning stages of questioning why she is not more happy to be in a relationship with a man she feels she's supposed to love, but not one she does.

Shamim Sarif perfectly and painfully captures how smothering it can feel to do something out of family obligation and societal demands.

Understanding that life and love are not what they are in romantic comedies is one thing (some of us may even feel that movies ruined us for love) but looking at passionless marriage as "our lot in life" is something else entirely. No one should have go to through life like that.

Here’s a passage about “silent yearnings” and emotions one confronts when self-denial is no longer an option:

"What they (her crushes) all had in common was that the attraction was usually hidden, forever unspoken and always unrequited…Not that this potential meltdown was a reason to lie to herself, she knew, but up until now, it had happened that all the women she had liked IN THAT WAY were unavailable, uninterested or entirely unconscious of the situation and this had largely removed from Leyla’s shoulders the burden of deciding what to do in the event of an actual relationship... What she wanted, what she one day hoped for, was a simple mutual attraction."

I Can't Think Straight may be in large part about two nice, likable and realistic women eventually finding and falling in love with each other after years of not understanding why they each just couldn't fall in love with a "nice young man." But it's also about how being forced to follow the path that is deemed "moral" and "fitting" for a young woman can ultimately hurt every one in her life, especially the men they so desperately try to have romantic feelings for, but just end up hurting.

Shamim Sarif delivers an extremely touching, sincere, lovely, non-preachy, heartfelt story about love that is breathtaking and
unforgettable.

I need more time and better words to give it the justice it deserves. Already, I've bought Shamim Sarif's The World Unseen. Her lyrical prose will make you want to read everything she has written and hope that she is working on more! :)
… (més)
 
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booksandcats4ever | Hi ha 4 ressenyes més | Jul 30, 2018 |

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Obres
12
Membres
557
Popularitat
#44,822
Valoració
3.9
Ressenyes
12
ISBN
53
Llengües
5

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