Review by Azairwe -- My Trip To Adele
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Review by Azairwe -- 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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The book My Trip to Adele by siblings Ahmad Alyaseer and Rana Alyaseer presents three story lines with different relationship challenges. All story characters find solace in Adele’s music and for personal reasons intend to attend her live concert in Verona Italy.
Elias who lives in Rome is still in love with Malika that he met eight years ago in Marrakesh Morroco. An accidental encounter with a fortune teller sets Elias on a frantic search for his long lost love. Back in Marrakesh, Elias learns that heartbroken Malika left the infamous El-Fnaa Square to an unknown destination. His only chance lies in fulfilling a promise to meet Malika at an Adele concert. When they finally meet, Elias is shocked to find that Malika no longer has any love feelings for him.
In Las Vegas, surgeons Yaser and Mariam are having a tumultuous marriage. Yaser feels that Mariam is too rigid, too traditional and too religious. His eight–year marriage has become too routine and monotonous. On her part, Mariam blames Yaser for failing to recognize and meet her needs. The couple has incessant arguments, accusations and counter accusations, despite portraying a different picture to the public. Their hope to revive love at an Adele concert vanishes when they break up at the airport. Rebellious Yaser tries out the wild adventures of Las Vegas, but eventually comes back to Mariam and their two children.
In Amman, Jordan, Nadia continues to have friction with his her ex-husband after court battles over terms of divorce, finances and child custody. Now an independent woman with full custody of his son Waleed, she plans to take her son to Adele’s live concert in Verona. Like the other story characters, Adele’s lyrics have been her constant companion. Unknown to Nadia, her ex-husband has banned their son from international travel. She is shocked when she is informed about the ban during the check-in process. Mother and son fail to attend the concert.
The book is very well written and presents very engaging stories. Ahmad and Rana are good at creating suspense that keeps you reading on. The relationship challenges faced by the story characters can affect anyone. As I read through the stories, I began to reflect on my own relationships. Every reader will find something to reflect upon: dating and choosing a partner; communicating with your partner; keeping marriage interesting; the influence that relatives and friends can have on a marriage; forgiving and not keeping a record of past wrongs; as well as separation and divorce.
However, there is an inherent risk that as you read the book you may fall in love with one storyline more than the others. With the stories set within a similar timeframe of eight years, you start to expect some meeting point of the characters. You finally discover that apart from their strong love for Adele’s music, there is no other commonality between the storylines.
I rate this book 3 out of 4 stars. The stories bring out real life relationship issues. The book will appeal to a wide range of audiences as we are all in different stages of relationships. I enjoyed reading it. However, the book has some few typing and grammatical errors.
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3 out of 4 stars
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The book My Trip to Adele by siblings Ahmad Alyaseer and Rana Alyaseer presents three story lines with different relationship challenges. All story characters find solace in Adele’s music and for personal reasons intend to attend her live concert in Verona Italy.
Elias who lives in Rome is still in love with Malika that he met eight years ago in Marrakesh Morroco. An accidental encounter with a fortune teller sets Elias on a frantic search for his long lost love. Back in Marrakesh, Elias learns that heartbroken Malika left the infamous El-Fnaa Square to an unknown destination. His only chance lies in fulfilling a promise to meet Malika at an Adele concert. When they finally meet, Elias is shocked to find that Malika no longer has any love feelings for him.
In Las Vegas, surgeons Yaser and Mariam are having a tumultuous marriage. Yaser feels that Mariam is too rigid, too traditional and too religious. His eight–year marriage has become too routine and monotonous. On her part, Mariam blames Yaser for failing to recognize and meet her needs. The couple has incessant arguments, accusations and counter accusations, despite portraying a different picture to the public. Their hope to revive love at an Adele concert vanishes when they break up at the airport. Rebellious Yaser tries out the wild adventures of Las Vegas, but eventually comes back to Mariam and their two children.
In Amman, Jordan, Nadia continues to have friction with his her ex-husband after court battles over terms of divorce, finances and child custody. Now an independent woman with full custody of his son Waleed, she plans to take her son to Adele’s live concert in Verona. Like the other story characters, Adele’s lyrics have been her constant companion. Unknown to Nadia, her ex-husband has banned their son from international travel. She is shocked when she is informed about the ban during the check-in process. Mother and son fail to attend the concert.
The book is very well written and presents very engaging stories. Ahmad and Rana are good at creating suspense that keeps you reading on. The relationship challenges faced by the story characters can affect anyone. As I read through the stories, I began to reflect on my own relationships. Every reader will find something to reflect upon: dating and choosing a partner; communicating with your partner; keeping marriage interesting; the influence that relatives and friends can have on a marriage; forgiving and not keeping a record of past wrongs; as well as separation and divorce.
However, there is an inherent risk that as you read the book you may fall in love with one storyline more than the others. With the stories set within a similar timeframe of eight years, you start to expect some meeting point of the characters. You finally discover that apart from their strong love for Adele’s music, there is no other commonality between the storylines.
I rate this book 3 out of 4 stars. The stories bring out real life relationship issues. The book will appeal to a wide range of audiences as we are all in different stages of relationships. I enjoyed reading it. However, the book has some few typing and grammatical errors.
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