Between The Pages discussion

Share your thoughts down below about An Emotion of Great Delight

So far I'm around 100 pages in and so far I'm loving it. The main character Shadi reminds me so much of a real life person I know and I definitely can see how Tahereh Mafi has grown as a writer especially with the character voice. I think her writing is very poetic and I love how she builds her characters too, they are very realistic and have lots of layers. I've read A Very Large Expanse of Sea and even wrote my major essay about it last year and can definitely see the similarities and differences between Tahereh's two contemporaries. In AVLEOS Shirin, the main character had a very angsty tone whereas Shadi had a more sombre tone about her (I can't really describe it but if you read the book you'd know what I'm talking about). I'm very excited to see where the book heads from here.

Hmm...I may have to check this out. I read a Very Large Expanse a while ago and really enjoyed it. I may have to add this to my reading list!

(It'll be an 8 week wait for me, but I'll have to get around to it at some point)

Eileen wrote: "(It'll be an 8 week wait for me, but I'll have to get around to it at some point)"

Oooh yay! And I definitely recommend this (so far). I'm looking at a 4-4.5 star rating at the moment? I still have around 100 pages left so anything could happen.

So I have about 50 pages left maybe? And so far we've uncovered a lot of things that were not explained earlier and we got a lot of backstory. I like how this book also has mystery elements in a way for example, you get the story but it starts to unravel as you start piecing together bits of information that make up Shadi's personality and characterisation and why she feels the way she does. I love this way of storytelling and I think it suits the book really well!

That is great to hear! I like solid character development. But the author has always been pretty good at that, so it's good to hear it's coming along nicely!

Eileen wrote: "That is great to hear! I like solid character development. But the author has always been pretty good at that, so it's good to hear it's coming along nicely!"

Indeed. I'm finishing the book off today I'll round up all my thoughts into a review and put them here as well :)

Okay so I finished the book a couple days or so and I have a lot of thoughts about the ending. If you read the book what did you think?

Sylvs (NOVELty Reads) wrote: "Okay so I finished the book a couple days or so and I have a lot of thoughts about the ending. If you read the book what did you think?"

Honestly I agree with a lot of your points raised in your review. I thought that it was well written but also, it didn't feel finished as a book, and I ended up only giving it two stars unfortunately. I was just sort of confused as to what message the book was trying to convey is that makes sense? As like it started being like a contemporary post 9/11 era and ended up being a romance of some sort?

Zitong wrote: "Sylvs (NOVELty Reads) wrote: "Okay so I finished the book a couple days or so and I have a lot of thoughts about the ending. If you read the book what did you think?"

Honestly I agree with a lot o..."

It was well written but I felt like it lost the essence or the message of what it was trying to convey by the end. Maybe that was why the ending didn't feel complete?

Sylvs (NOVELty Reads) wrote: "Zitong wrote: "Sylvs (NOVELty Reads) wrote: "Okay so I finished the book a couple days or so and I have a lot of thoughts about the ending. If you read the book what did you think?"

Honestly I agr..."

Yeah exactly, totally agree with that.