East of Hounslow

East of Hounslow by Khurrum Rahman
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

The minority are not with the majority

A great book. It feels a bit like Snatch with muslin narration. Three things I really like about this book are:

The characters. Everything about this book feels authentic. I really like the characters struggling with their identity, values and living their everyday lives. I think everybody who grew up in London could find the character traits from the characters here in someone they knew. Just normal everyday Londoners.

The locations. If you have been to London you will know what every place in this story look like. The touches of the London tragic and getting a Death in the train brilliant.

Separating the terrorists from the Muslim community. Yes unfortunately these people exist but they are in the minority. Also really highlighting their hypocrisy. One of the most powerful chapters of this book is when a character give a very positive lecture (for appearance sake), then turned it round to justify evils act in his minds.

A great book, a good message, and educational about Islamic practices as well. If there are more books to come in this series I can't wait to read them.

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