Habibi

This was amzing. I've been looking forward to this book for a long time. I really enjoyed the art and the importance of stories, the comparative religion was one of my favorite themes.

There are a few things however that interrupted my enjoyment of the book. In the beginning of the book it was a little difficult to follow the order of events and the jumping in the story, but it was manageable. What was bigger than that was the settling was jumbled – for the majority of the book appears to take place hundreds of years ago, but then later in the book they appear to be in modern times which is just confusing, and thus (for me) frustrating.

Also did I miss something about her biological son, how does an empty crib automatically mean death? I mean you never gave up on Habibi, but are so quick to just give up on the child that you had recently had a change of heart about?

Heavy topics, race, sex, rape, gender... All of which he may not have gotten correct, but it does give one something to think about.