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Secrets Of The Henna Girl (2012)

by Sufiya Ahmed(Favorite Author)

3.76 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0141339802 (ISBN13: 9780141339801)

languge

English

genre

Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction

publisher

Puffin Books

review 1: Secrets of the Henna Girl.I wonder what the author thought the title could reflect because I see no meaning behind it.It's a wonderfully unique book. Zeba goes through hardships that are so heart-wrenching and the author is a good writer but I don't think this is her best book. The writing was shaky and showed holes in some areas but the plot and characters are so strong. It's complex, it has moral lines that are blurred by giving justification for the forced marriage. I appreciate this, it would have been too easy to antagonize though, what other way could the book have taken. It brings the issue of forced marriage of being something very real and beyond cruel. I finished it in less than four days and it's good, really good.
review 2: I really enjoyed this boo... morek but I was so frustrated at the same time. At the fact that these girls who are forced into arranged marriages have no choice and are manipulated by men who are arrogant, unfeeling, cold and barbaric. Even the women who serve these men condone this and I felt myself really annoyed with Zeba's parents because they see their honour as being more important to them than their own daughter. They are also cowardly as they could not tell her the truth until she was stranded in Pakistan with no way to escape. I loved Sehar's character and was reall sad at what happened to her.A really good book all round! less

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