I don’t think Hamid’s writing is for me. I enjoyed Exit West well enough, but I guess after one book his style is starting to grate on me. There are a lot of short sentences and clauses with a lot of repetition in them. It hurt my brain to read that page after page.

I did like some of the dialogue and passages here around race. There are some really horrifying reactions from people to this widespread skin changing.

But I did not care for Una or that relationship at all. I wish the book had focused on Anders and the way this played out for him given how short the book was.

At least it was quick!