The story was kind of slow but for good reason. I thought Nazneen's inner-monologue was similar to that of a third person narration that sees all. I feel like Nazneen was the way she was because Ali wanted her that way. Even if a character didn't say much, Nazneen observed what they were doing physically and that gave us such an insight into characters. The amount of things she observed was unreal. They weren't just devices to the main character, in fact, I would say Nazneen was sort of like a device for them to be portrayed. They were really interesting and I felt like nearly every one of them added to the story. Of course, Monica Ali has been scrutinised because she doesn't speak fluent Bangladeshi etc and I know nothing about the being an immigrant myself but I felt like the representation she gave felt really authentic. I thought this book was really interesting as it gave an insight into being an immigrant in England and it also gave insights into life in Bangladesh.
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