One of the best elements of this book is also the fantastic Arabesque world of folklore and fairy tales mixed with a refreshing new take! I love the mythos Hamilton has built and expanded upon and look forward to more in the sequels. These plot points happened naturally rather than feeling forced like other YA stories I've experienced. While all those famliar tropes appear in one form or another, I felt like there was plenty else going on to keep us interested. The world of fantasy also does not have enough cool gunslinging gals kicking butt and taking names! I had no idea this was a YA book because that usually has a certain flavor to it where you have a lovestruck protagonist getting caught up in the romance of some mysterious new boy and sticking it to the authority. I picked this book up on a whim because I'm always hungry for a book in a much less traveled setting like a desert. I loved the premise of this story and I thought she had the right idea about Amani and I thought Jin was charming. I think she has a lot of potential to improve. This is the author's first published book, and it seems to be getting a lot of positivity from most people who have read it so far. What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment? She made me last longer because if it were me reading traditionally, I would have stopped way sooner. What does Soneela Nankani bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book? I dunno, I guess I expected a cool gun element but all we get is bland sentences about the fact that Amani shot her gun. The least interesting was the lack of details on gun shooting in a book whose synopsis says that Amani is more gunpowder than girl. I thought Jin himself was the most interesting. What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting? It just didn't make character sense, especially since the author didn't take time in the narration to explain why Amani treated these situations so differently.
And then there is the whole fact that Amani was willing to possibly die for a stranger because she feels bad for him, but then she leaves a different guy for dead that had already saved her life twice. There is no explaining on how she's a sharp shooter in a society that oppresses women.
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
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