This was such a fantastic work of journalism. The whole book was amazing and I could never put it down. I was always thinking about what was going to happen next, and googling the different people and events when I wasn't able to read.

There's so much history and culture in this. Not only does Moaveni give you the story of the individual women she followed, she also gives you the history and culture of each country. Some are born and raised in Raqqa, Syria, some come from Tunis, some are German, some are British. She gives you the context for all these places and the way being a Muslim woman in these different countries shaped their interest in Isis. She does her best to give you the full grasp of the situation, and it makes the book feel so much more full.

I loved hearing about all the different women. Their interest in Isis is never justified, but Moaveni doesn't shame them either. She works only to explain their actions and what led them to those choices. It's really well done. You don't always get to see the women's thoughts (depending on the access Moaveni had to them, which was sometimes limited or not at all), but you get the picture of their lives and stories. It's really well done.

And each of the women had such interesting stories. There wasn't one I felt I wasn't interested in while reading. They all had worthwhile perspectives and it was heartbreaking. You can see the ways in which a little more education or guidance or love would have steered them in other paths.

The only thing I regret is how short it was. This easily could have been twice the length, but it's understandable because Moaveni was working with limited access to the women she wrote about. Not all of them were willing to talk much, and they were terrorists, some in refugee camps, so what she created is something amazing.

I think this book was spectacular and so worth the read. I'd highly recommend this to anyone even a little bit interested. I loved this so much.