2019/05/15

BOOK REVIEW:
A WOMAN LIKE HER BY SANAM MAHER

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Title: A Woman Like Her
Author: Sanam Maher
Published: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 336
Rating: 3/5


Summary:
This book explores the life and death of Qandeel Baloch, a social media star from Pakistan who was murdered by her brother.


Review:
I was very excited to read this book because I think this story is important and fascinating, and I'm glad I read it and got to learn more about it.

I really like how this book explores the life of Qandeel, both her social media persona as well as her actual real life. I think it's interesting to get to take a look at the power of social media and how it fits into different cultures, as well as how the book discusses the freedom of expression and freedom to be whatever kind of woman one wants to be.

That being said, I do feel like I didn't really get to know the real Qandeel. The book is written after she was murdered and we get to know a lot of the people who were around her and we hear what they have to say about her, but I almost feel like none of them really even knew her either. The author has also put in "commentary" from Qandeel in italics throughout the chapters and I didn't feel like this really worked; they felt out of place and I don't know how well they really served their purpose. It didn't feel to me like these were Qandeel's thoughts.

Maybe no one really knew who she really was and that's one of the things this book tries to get across, but as a reader, I just felt a bit held at a distance and it was hard to connect to this. I think the writing style feels a little messy a lot of the time and it's hard to keep track of everything and everyone.

Still though, I am really happy I read this and got to learn more about this story and more about Qandeel, even if we didn't really get under her skin. I think the discussions brought up in this book are valuable and interesting and it's worth reading it just for that.
PS: I am aware that the edition I've read is an uncorrected proof, so it's very possible that some of the things that I've noticed (especially when it comes to the writing) will be corrected in the final edition.

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