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songmingi 's review for:
The Bhabhis of Lahore & other forbidden tales of the city
by Ayesha Muzaffar
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
I really wanted to love this book but I found myself a little disappointed. While the author definitely captured the vibe of scary stories told in Pakistani households, I feel like a lot of the stories bulit up to very lackluste reveals. Especially the shorter stories, they felt more like ideas than rough drafts. I however enjoyed both the longer stories in the book however and I think the author should allow herself to expand her stories to her hearts content. My other issue is a lot of the stories become inaccessible to a non-urdu speaking audience during to the copious amount of romanised urdu used without translation. I think these stories should be available to a wider audience and hence in future translation should be provided or the amount of romanised urdu reduced. Overall an entertaining read, just has potential to be better.