While I'm not exactly opposed to writers writing about experiences outside their own (wouldn't that be boring?), there's definitely some issues with regards to sensationalizing violence in this book (some of the events are widely exaggerated and people who covered these events have stated that there's no evidence for a lot of what happens in this book). However, I didn't get the feeling that she did it with bad intentions; after listening to some of her interviews I do think she had good intent, but whiteness clearly filtered her experience).

This was weird and surreal and I 100% loved it because of it. I would've liked that the characters were more fleshed out, but other than that Anne Serre did a brilliant work with the atmosphere in this little book.

WOW.

I love Kindred and I've been meaning to read more Butler since, but haven't for some reason. But now I did and I feel as if I should read all of her books together now because she's brilliant. She's absolutely fantastic and I loved how layered and creative her writing is.

A+ reporting. I really enjoyed this selection of essays about women and the Middle East. I didn't know a lot about the situations there (only a little from what I read in the news), but these texts made it easier for me to understand the relation between all the conflicts in the area and how they are interrelated. Really fantastic.