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A review by inamazam
Thinner Than Skin by Uzma Aslam Khan
2.0
Thinner than skin, a book follow people... Nadir; photographer who tried to make livelihood through photography.
Maryam (migrate in northern Pakistan) Ghafoor (waif off from his own people) Irfan (nadir’s friend) Rehanna (nadir’s girlfriend, a paki-Us citizen)
Let’s talk about good things first; Author put a touchy topic in paperback, which literally very sensitive and need to be heard. The people and different cultures in northern sides are too complex to understand, so it was a beauty to learn and to experience that such a variety can be witnessed in short time.
Now the start;
When the story starts, I was invested into it... maybe for 40-50 pages. The point of nadir upper level person keep bragging about real pictures of Pakistan and people on streets and the dirt, was so awful to read but the same time natural. So it made me excited to go for more.
But as I keep reading there’s time came when I find myself yawning and left with nothing but boredom and a quick hint of done with this book.
Reasons of me not liking this:
1. The writing style; it’s so boring and enough to make you go for slumber... long paragraphs and weird characterization of words, literally.
2. Characters; God I hate Nadir and Rehana the most, why every girl need to be portrait as a specie came from other planet? I mean what the nonsense was even going on with every character? There’s no common ground or reason with all people and it was like Author try to drag it or to convey something, maybe trying to get complex, but she utterly failed.
3. Too much going on; It was a story, so it needs to be in sequence, instead Author put every single thing she knew or had knowledge about cultures and religion and diversity. The thoughts and emotions and pain what not she put in it? I mean yes there’s bad which lead to the hope of getting a Better future but this much? I doubt.
And I think that’s enough for me to say this book disappoints me in many ways, I assume something brilliant and vibrant over this topic but Nahh. Nothing inspires me till end and it left nothing but a burden to get done with.
Thank you.
Maryam (migrate in northern Pakistan) Ghafoor (waif off from his own people) Irfan (nadir’s friend) Rehanna (nadir’s girlfriend, a paki-Us citizen)
Let’s talk about good things first; Author put a touchy topic in paperback, which literally very sensitive and need to be heard. The people and different cultures in northern sides are too complex to understand, so it was a beauty to learn and to experience that such a variety can be witnessed in short time.
Now the start;
When the story starts, I was invested into it... maybe for 40-50 pages. The point of nadir upper level person keep bragging about real pictures of Pakistan and people on streets and the dirt, was so awful to read but the same time natural. So it made me excited to go for more.
But as I keep reading there’s time came when I find myself yawning and left with nothing but boredom and a quick hint of done with this book.
Reasons of me not liking this:
1. The writing style; it’s so boring and enough to make you go for slumber... long paragraphs and weird characterization of words, literally.
2. Characters; God I hate Nadir and Rehana the most, why every girl need to be portrait as a specie came from other planet? I mean what the nonsense was even going on with every character? There’s no common ground or reason with all people and it was like Author try to drag it or to convey something, maybe trying to get complex, but she utterly failed.
3. Too much going on; It was a story, so it needs to be in sequence, instead Author put every single thing she knew or had knowledge about cultures and religion and diversity. The thoughts and emotions and pain what not she put in it? I mean yes there’s bad which lead to the hope of getting a Better future but this much? I doubt.
And I think that’s enough for me to say this book disappoints me in many ways, I assume something brilliant and vibrant over this topic but Nahh. Nothing inspires me till end and it left nothing but a burden to get done with.
Thank you.