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A review by srosen930
A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum
4.0
This book was about exploring women's roles in the Palestinian/Palestinian American community, and all the complexities. This book focuses a lot on character development and establishing relationships between characters. The book also makes a huge statement about women's voices in a family structure and how hard it is for women to break out of the existing cultural structure.
I really loved the depth of characters and the thoughts that each of them inspired me to think about. Although this story is fictionalized, I can imagine that these scenarios are real issues in the community and this story helped bring out the human/emotional side to the silenced voices. I was astounded just how much of the characters have internalized their mistreatment, to the point where they feel like they deserve the punishments. Also, the amount of effort for the women in the book took to try to challenge their roles were exhausting to read; it promoted a deep sense of empathy.
This is a relevant read and one I will recommend to others.
I really loved the depth of characters and the thoughts that each of them inspired me to think about. Although this story is fictionalized, I can imagine that these scenarios are real issues in the community and this story helped bring out the human/emotional side to the silenced voices. I was astounded just how much of the characters have internalized their mistreatment, to the point where they feel like they deserve the punishments. Also, the amount of effort for the women in the book took to try to challenge their roles were exhausting to read; it promoted a deep sense of empathy.
This is a relevant read and one I will recommend to others.