Review: All-American Muslim Girl

All-American Muslim Girl by Nadine Jolie Courtney
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

4 stars⭐⭐⭐⭐

"𝓣𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱 𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓼𝓱 𝓘 𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓼𝓪𝔂 𝓘 𝔀𝓸𝓷’𝓽 𝓬𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝔀𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓹𝓮𝓸𝓹𝓵𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓴, 𝓾𝓷𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓽𝓾𝓷𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓵𝔂, 𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵—𝓫𝓮𝓬𝓪𝓾𝓼𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽’𝓼 𝔀𝓱𝓸 𝓘 𝓪𝓶. 𝓑𝓾𝓽 𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝔂 𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓸𝓷𝓰, 𝓲𝓷𝓼𝓱𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓪𝓱, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓮 𝓺𝓾𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓰𝓻𝓸𝔀𝓲𝓷𝓰.

𝓗𝓪𝓶𝓭𝓾𝓵𝓲𝓵𝓪𝓱, 𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝓮𝓷𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱.

𝓙𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓪𝓼 𝓘 𝓪𝓶."

⏳𝐓𝐋;𝐃𝐑:⏳
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬: High school student Allie Abraham has always 'passed' in society as a blond, green eyed Muslim who has never really practiced. However, when her new boyfriend's dad turns out to be a conservative shock jock, Allie's world is shaken as she begins to learn more about her faith while also navigating her new relationship.
𝐏𝐥𝐨𝐭: You can really see the level of authenticity that runs throughout the book by the situations Allie is confronted with and what happens next. Fascinating and realistic approach to what it looks be and practice Islam in US society today.
𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: Easy-to-read, simple, and yet so beautiful
𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬: I loved all of the characters for their own complex realness, including Allie's parents and her boyfriend Wells. So beautifully written!

👍𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐬:👍
-Realistic and complex characters
-Incredibly easy to read
-Explains a lot of complexity in the relationship between culture and religion in such a simply and easy-to-digest way

👎𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬:👍
-The romance moved a little faster than I would have liked
-Some of the writing almost came off a little too simplistic at times

𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸.

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