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Hopefully whoever finds this likes it more than I did

The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan

September 22, 2024 by Bibliophile 1 Comment

CBR 16 Bingo – Bollywood. The main character’s family is from Bangladesh, and part of the story takes place in Bangladesh. I picked this book up for free expecting to read it once, and then probably put it in a local free little library. It pretty much met those standards, not exceptional but not horrible. The book is about Rukhsana, a 17 year old girl with conservative Muslim parents. She strives to be an engineer, and next year she is going to Caltech, and away […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr16bingo, Sabina Khan

Bibliophile's CBR16 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr16bingo, Sabina Khan ·
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This was a miss for me.

The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan

October 31, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

This was ruined for me by the writing style :\ I feel like it actually walks the line between being written in a style that just wasn’t for me, and actually being poorly put together. Which is a shame! Because this premise has real meat to it. The titular Rukhsana Ali is a Bengali-American teenager, the daughter of Bengali immigrants, and also identifies as a lesbian. She has a girlfriend she’s in love with who is white, and they plan to go away to California […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: LGBTQIA, narfna, read harder challenge 2021, Sabina Khan, the love & lies of rukhsana ali, YA, Young Adult

narfna's CBR13 Review No:162 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: LGBTQIA, narfna, read harder challenge 2021, Sabina Khan, the love & lies of rukhsana ali, YA, Young Adult ·
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