Review by Mazaya Rahman -- My trip to Adele

[Mazaya Rahman]

[Following is a volunteer review of "My trip to Adele" by R.I.Alyaseer and A. I Alyaseer.]

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3 out of 4 stars

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My Trip To Adele is a novel consisting of three different stories spiraling around the one and only Adele concert in Verona. It's a story of an unhappy married couple at the brink of separation, a single mother fighting for her sons rights, and a dedicated lover searching for his long lost love. The stories take place in different parts of the world bringing upon the difference in the culture and lifestyles to its readers. Despite the difference in each character's world and upbringing, they are all on the same journey, which is to search for answers and lead a better life, all the while looking to Adele for inspiration.

Set in Las Vegas, one of the stories portray an unhappy married couple, seeking a marriage counselor as their last resort. The character feels overwhelmed by the same woman he fell in love with once; the faith and hope she portrayed that attracted him towards her now pushes him back into a corner while he questions his faith towards her and her beliefs. Then there is the touching story about the single mother fighting for her son in Amman, Jordan. Unlike other couples that she is surrounded by, she broke away from the marriage that didn't give her anything but pain. She broke away because of the abuse, her husband's other relationships and for her sons future. And the biggest highlight of the story is that she has no regret for it whatsoever. She sets out to make her son happy by taking him to see his biggest idol, Adele. Lastly there is the story of a man who falls in love with a girl too young for him on his trip to Marrakesh, Morocco. Even after years of separation, his feelings for her leads him onto a journey to find his long lost love.

Each chapter of the book is named after an Adele song, and each has a verse of the songs within them. Characters from each stories are big fans of Adele, and they listen to her for inspiration. I thought it was a really great idea to intertwine all the stories with the same concert and use that as the characters' destination.

The book covers a broad range of deep and insightful topics such as the impact of social media, finding faith, and fighting against domestic abuse, all of which caught my attention. The author doesn't hesitate to vividly portray the victims circumstances and their emotions. I loved how all these controversial issues were illustrated in the stories which added to the novel as a whole. I also loved the structure the book was shaped into. Alternating between the three stories is a way to build suspense and it really keeps the readers hooked. The book is written in a third person point of view. However, I believe the stories would have carried more emotion if they were written from the character's point of view. The book did include a few typos and grammatical errors within, one of them includes a line from page 125 which states: "It wasn’t unusual to hear Adele’s songs every once and a while in El-Finaa Square". The author most likely meant to say "once in a while." There are a few more minor errors such as this all throughout the book but nothing to the extent that would take away from the outstanding stories as a whole.

Overall, I would rate this book 3 out of 4 stars. While I enjoyed the mix between the three stories, I personally didn't relate to any of the characters. I did come across a few grammatical errors but they did not detract from the book. I would recommend this book to all the Adele fans out there because each song mentioned in the book doesn't only relate to the characters but it gives the readers great advice to take with them.

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My trip to Adele
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