Medina (5 books in series)
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review 1: This book came to my hands unexpectedly on a promotion.Usually I don't read translated books from English speaking authors for I always think something must get lost in translation, however the blurb intrigued me so much that I felt compelled to start reading it right away. LOVED...
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review 1: This book had the potential to be great. Unfortunately, the characters are very two dimensional. One of the more puzzling characters is Mohammed. He seems to possess none of the wisdom or charisma I expected. I also didn't feel like there was enough historical context for those o...
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review 1: Aisha una niña de unos 5 a 6 años quien es obligada a casarse con el profeta de Ala - Mahoma, ella en un principio solo lo quería como un amigo, ya que siempre jugaba con ella, pero al ir creciendo, se enamoró de él pero no soportaba compartirlo con las demás esposas.En este libr...
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review 1: When A’isha is nine and Islam in its infancy, she marries the prophet Muhammad and would go on to become one of the great women in Islamic history. Despite her youth, A’isha finds herself the favored wife, advising and supporting her husband, while simultaneously doing her own ma...
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review 1: Hmmmm. Told from the point if view of a child bride to the prophet Muhammed. Yet again, first person POV ruins what might have been a very good story. The first and last seventy-five pages or so seem to hint at real depth in the characters, but everything in between is pretty fla...