The bad Muslim Discount

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Call Number: Adult Book / Fiction / General / Masood, Syed M., Fiction / Masood, Syed
On Shelf At: Malletts Creek Branch, Pittsfield Branch, Westgate Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Malletts Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Masood, Syed M.	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Pittsfield Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Masood, Syed M.	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Masood, Syed M.	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fiction / Masood, Syed	4-week checkout	Due 05-05-2024
Traverwood Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Masood, Syed M.	4-week checkout	Due 05-10-2024

"Following two families from Pakistan and Iraq in the 90s through to San Francisco in 2016, a comic novel about being Muslim immigrants in modern America"-- Provided by publisher

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Comic unevenness submitted by mowjac on May 4, 2021, 12:42pm This debut novel strides along like a peg-legged pirate: one smooth--the male protagonist's story--and one clunky--the female protagonist's story. Every bad thing that could happen to a woman happens to Safwa, who never becomes a full fleshed character. Anwar, the male lead, is transparently the author, his humorous voice is the best part, carrying me along farther than I would have read otherwise.

Not what I'd hoped submitted by ValerieL on June 24, 2022, 5:27pm I wanted very badly to like this book. I picked it up because it sounded interesting and this year, I'm trying to make a concentrated effort to read books by people who have a different race, ethnic group, or religion than I do. Unfortunately, the book fell short for me. Safwa/Azza just never becomes the character you know she could be. Anvar is funny and irreverent, but somehow also falls short. I feel like this book needed to go through more editing to bring it up to the book I wanted it to be. Still, with the differing viewpoints from my own, I'm glad I read it.