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Very much appreciated getting an introduction, however cursory, into the political turmoil in late 20th century Iran. Learning about Persian culture and Iranian history was a highlight here. This felt like a Kristin Hannah novel in quality, tone, and enjoyment, but I was not deeply touched in the way I am with KH novels. While I’m still not sure what didn’t quite click here, I think a big flaw that detracted from this books impact is the lack of character development from the main character. Ellie remains politically ignorant and agnostic to the horrors happening in Iran, despite being best friends with a passionate political activist. The lack of character growth was a huge miss, and made what could have been a powerful story a little limp, especially towards the end.
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Venus and Aphrodite: A Biography of Desire
Bettany Hughes
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The Lion Women of Tehran
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The Incandescent
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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Anthony Bourdain
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we can now give audiobook ratings!! thank you J+L for this feature 🤗💗
since the update (few minutes ago as i write this post), i’ve been going back to my finished audiobooks to update my rating. lucky for me, i’ve only started listening to audiobooks the past few months so it isn’t a lot.
how would you rate audiobooks? what would make you give an audiobook 5-stars? ⭐️🌟✨
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The Signature of All Things
Elizabeth Gilbert