4.5 Stars.

10 Minutes and 38 Seconds in This Strange World, is one of those books that rip your heart and make you sob uncontrollably, yet the message is so important that you have no choice but to push through and keep reading to the end. To say this book destroyed me is an understatement. It crushed me. It dealt with so many difficult topics from child abuse, rape, self-harm, abuse towards transgender women etc. I am an idiot, and I didn't look up the TW before reading this, and when I came across the scene about the child abuse, my heart fucking broke. I hate that parts of the world are still like this, that in parts of the world it's okay to treat women like this. No woman deserves to go through what Leila and Nanan go through.

Although this book destroyed me, I'd still recommend it. I think we owe it to everyone who suffered the same life as these characters, I think they deserve to be acknowledged, even if it is through this book.