Author: Huda FahmyTitle: That Can be Arranged
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Published: 2020
Genre: Graphic novel
Links: Adlibris / Bokus / Goodreads
Huda Fahmy brings it once again. Having loved her Instagram-feed and previous book [book:Yes, I'm Hot in This: The Hilarious Truth about Life in a Hijab|40538900], of course I had to read this one as soon as it arrived at work. Judge me all you want, but I read this instead of working (although I do work as a librarian, so it could count as work), as I did with the other one.
And this was good. I loved little Huda and her parents. I also liked how she described her thoughts about marriage, going from longing for it, to being kind of reluctant, to believing getting married was what defined her, to realizing a man and marriage doesn't make her a better or more worthy person. I loved her discovery of Jane Austen-novels and how she could see herself, her family and her situation through these stories.
Her meeting and falling in love with Gehad is sweet and funny and of course I love it when she shows it of in a jokingly manner, how they bonded over how they disagreed about Pokémons and how chaperoned dates happens. Mostly I just loved getting a glimpse into a world I know little about, some charms, some struggles, some things funny, some things less so. It's a coming-of-age and love story with light and open voice, without being condescending, showing one person's life and experiences.
4 of 5 Pokémons
/ Denise
Huda Fahmy brings it once again. Having loved her Instagram-feed and previous book [book:Yes, I'm Hot in This: The Hilarious Truth about Life in a Hijab|40538900], of course I had to read this one as soon as it arrived at work. Judge me all you want, but I read this instead of working (although I do work as a librarian, so it could count as work), as I did with the other one.
And this was good. I loved little Huda and her parents. I also liked how she described her thoughts about marriage, going from longing for it, to being kind of reluctant, to believing getting married was what defined her, to realizing a man and marriage doesn't make her a better or more worthy person. I loved her discovery of Jane Austen-novels and how she could see herself, her family and her situation through these stories.
Her meeting and falling in love with Gehad is sweet and funny and of course I love it when she shows it of in a jokingly manner, how they bonded over how they disagreed about Pokémons and how chaperoned dates happens. Mostly I just loved getting a glimpse into a world I know little about, some charms, some struggles, some things funny, some things less so. It's a coming-of-age and love story with light and open voice, without being condescending, showing one person's life and experiences.
4 of 5 Pokémons
/ Denise
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