Review by Emma Ukpong -- My Trip To Adele
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Review by Emma Ukpong -- My Trip To Adele
[Following is a volunteer review of "My Trip To Adele" by R.I.Alyaseer and A. I Alyaseer.]
3 out of 4 stars
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This story tells us of three flawed but likeable people. First, there is Elias; a Moroccan living in Rome. He discovers that a black magic spell was cast upon him but starts to doubt whether it was the real cause of the break-up between him and his long-lost love Malika. He decides to go back and search for her in the city of Marrakesh after eight years of separation.
Nadia, a single mother from Jordan, battling with her divorce, and fighting so hard to secure freedom for herself and her only son, whose dream is to see his idol, Adele, live. Finally, there's Yaser, a married man living in Las Vegas, realizing that his marriage is crashing on him, begins to rebel against his wife. While fate initially brought them together, it is now causing them to drift apart.
These three characters are on a journey to break free of everything that has haunted them, learning harsh truths about fate, religion, courage, desire and guilt along the way.
My Trip to Adele takes place in two countries and one city: Jordan, Morocco, and Las Vegas. I had never experienced nor read about life in Jordan, Morocco nor Las Vegas, but I've definitely heard of them.
The authors did a great job by providing information about the cultures through the experiences and histories of the character. You learn about the entertainers and spiritual beliefs in Marrakesh, the social structure of Jordan, and much more. What’s more, you trust the authors on this information given their cultural and ethnic backgrounds. The way of life in those places really added to the struggles that the characters went through; without them, those struggles probably wouldn’t have existed in the first place.
There was very little, or no emotional connection, though the cultural information I got was priceless. There were some pretty major events that took place in the story, events that shook the worlds of the characters and should have stunned the readers, but I wasn't the least stunned.
I’m not entirely certain on the connection with Adele. I understand the role that Adele's music played in the characters’ lives and I understand the lyrics that the authors chose to associate with certain situations, but Adele seemed almost like an obsession to the characters instead of a support system that helped them move through life’s good and bad moments.
Overall, this lack of intimacy made the book relatively unengaging and uninteresting.
I commend the authors for a job well done, for the little exposition on the culture and ethics of these countries. I will rate my Trip to Adele 3 out of 4 stars.
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3 out of 4 stars
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This story tells us of three flawed but likeable people. First, there is Elias; a Moroccan living in Rome. He discovers that a black magic spell was cast upon him but starts to doubt whether it was the real cause of the break-up between him and his long-lost love Malika. He decides to go back and search for her in the city of Marrakesh after eight years of separation.
Nadia, a single mother from Jordan, battling with her divorce, and fighting so hard to secure freedom for herself and her only son, whose dream is to see his idol, Adele, live. Finally, there's Yaser, a married man living in Las Vegas, realizing that his marriage is crashing on him, begins to rebel against his wife. While fate initially brought them together, it is now causing them to drift apart.
These three characters are on a journey to break free of everything that has haunted them, learning harsh truths about fate, religion, courage, desire and guilt along the way.
My Trip to Adele takes place in two countries and one city: Jordan, Morocco, and Las Vegas. I had never experienced nor read about life in Jordan, Morocco nor Las Vegas, but I've definitely heard of them.
The authors did a great job by providing information about the cultures through the experiences and histories of the character. You learn about the entertainers and spiritual beliefs in Marrakesh, the social structure of Jordan, and much more. What’s more, you trust the authors on this information given their cultural and ethnic backgrounds. The way of life in those places really added to the struggles that the characters went through; without them, those struggles probably wouldn’t have existed in the first place.
There was very little, or no emotional connection, though the cultural information I got was priceless. There were some pretty major events that took place in the story, events that shook the worlds of the characters and should have stunned the readers, but I wasn't the least stunned.
I’m not entirely certain on the connection with Adele. I understand the role that Adele's music played in the characters’ lives and I understand the lyrics that the authors chose to associate with certain situations, but Adele seemed almost like an obsession to the characters instead of a support system that helped them move through life’s good and bad moments.
Overall, this lack of intimacy made the book relatively unengaging and uninteresting.
I commend the authors for a job well done, for the little exposition on the culture and ethics of these countries. I will rate my Trip to Adele 3 out of 4 stars.
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