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an emotion of great delight by tahereh mafi - review

Read from: May 19 2022 - May 19 2022

Rating: ⭐️⭐️.5/⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Major TWs: islamophobia, depression, suicidal ideation, death (particularly of a family member (full and detailed list of TWs can be found here)

Thoughts: this definitely was not as good as mafi’s other book that i read, a very large expanse of sea, but i did find myself enjoying some of it. the problem is that there isn’t really a lot to say about this one? i initially gave it a 3.5/5 stars on goodreads but after a few months, i think i’m going to drop it to a 2.5. the prose is beautiful, unsurprisingly, and there are definitely a lot of emotions in this one (mostly sad ones, all of which are described well), but i found the overall story to be a little lacking. it feels almost unfinished? i don’t know. i really wanted to like this one, but it sadly didn’t do it for me.