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A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum
1.0
slow-paced
Diverse cast of characters: No

no bueno. reads very young adult (tbf, it does match the characters' ages) in tone and in some morality text segments. I generally don't agree with the approach it took to the subjects at hand, and I think it might be harmful, which is hard to say on a own voices book - but it feels like the american dirt palestinian version, something WASPs can read and feel vindicated in their opinions of the world.
not sure why i didn't just dnf'ed honestly.
NB: My bad on lack of research, but I thought Palestine occupation would be delved into, but it just wasn't at alll.