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A review by onmalsshelf
A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza
Did not finish book. Stopped at 28%.
Watching paint dry isn't as dull as this was.
Once upon a time, I would have made myself trudge through and finish this book. However, after listening to 28% of this book on audio, I won't subject myself to that.
The constant sudden timeline jumping alone is a huge reason why this isn't successful for me. It was jarring and it took me awhile on audio to realize there were sudden time jumps. Speaking of the audio, the audiobook was so slow and it was 17 hours long, I had to listen at 2.5x speed just to make it bearable.
This was a day to day happenings of an Indian Muslim family living in America, but there was no depth to anyone. Then, the minute there would be possible character building to make me care about the characters, the timeline would jump. Plus, there were so many minor characters that added NOTHING.
This needed editing. This probably could've been shorter and maybe cleaning up the timeline jumps to make them obvious would've helped me a little bit.
I suppose slow, family sagas aren't always up my alley, but sometimes they do work for me. However, this was a miss for me and I'm honestly wondering if I was reading the same book all of the five star reviewers read.
Once upon a time, I would have made myself trudge through and finish this book. However, after listening to 28% of this book on audio, I won't subject myself to that.
The constant sudden timeline jumping alone is a huge reason why this isn't successful for me. It was jarring and it took me awhile on audio to realize there were sudden time jumps. Speaking of the audio, the audiobook was so slow and it was 17 hours long, I had to listen at 2.5x speed just to make it bearable.
This was a day to day happenings of an Indian Muslim family living in America, but there was no depth to anyone. Then, the minute there would be possible character building to make me care about the characters, the timeline would jump. Plus, there were so many minor characters that added NOTHING.
This needed editing. This probably could've been shorter and maybe cleaning up the timeline jumps to make them obvious would've helped me a little bit.
I suppose slow, family sagas aren't always up my alley, but sometimes they do work for me. However, this was a miss for me and I'm honestly wondering if I was reading the same book all of the five star reviewers read.