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On My Way: A Memoir
239 pages, Paperback
Published August 7, 2024
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August 19, 2024
This book would just not finish. The author kept rambling on and it reads like an Instagram post which is not a surprise since she seems to be some kind of influencer. The first part was all about her bad relationship and while in a relationship, she met someone else who made her feel worthy. Cheating vibes? The second part talks about how great she is since she taught at a reputable institution, and she’s quite verbose about it. It feels like her social media wasn’t enough and she really needed more validation from an external source of how lovely she is. The writing is dull and in a monotone; sentence structuring is terrible. I wasted a few hours trying to get through this, it had popped up on Instagram with a crying video of her but I’ll be sure to unfollow her after reading this. Influencers should stick to influencing and let the writers do the writing.
July 7, 2025
3.5/5
While this book didn’t have anything groundbreaking to offer, the familiar affirmations resonated with me on a deeper level and it was heartwarming to see those feelings being described so well on paper especially from a person who lives worlds away from me. Would’ve liked to learn a bit about Mahvish’s current life but I guess her IG would help in that area..
While this book didn’t have anything groundbreaking to offer, the familiar affirmations resonated with me on a deeper level and it was heartwarming to see those feelings being described so well on paper especially from a person who lives worlds away from me. Would’ve liked to learn a bit about Mahvish’s current life but I guess her IG would help in that area..
March 6, 2025
This book is about self discovery and her anecdotes, reflections and learnings as she experiences different phases of her life a woman, mother and wife. Finding herself after a life changing surgery and a major move across the world.
To be honest first half of the book was a little slow and felt repetitive. It took me some time to get into it but then it picked pace and I was in tears and also flying through it. Being a mother and an expat I related to so many feelings she described about being away from parents and country. However how you change your perspective and overcome those challenges was inspirational.
Through the book you relive a little slice of her life. You see her transform from a self-doubting young adult to a confident young woman, supportive wife, mindful mother, successful entrepreneur and a blogger of many accomplishments. Her story is unique but also relatable. Her struggles are individual but also universal which makes this book easy to read and connect.
To be honest first half of the book was a little slow and felt repetitive. It took me some time to get into it but then it picked pace and I was in tears and also flying through it. Being a mother and an expat I related to so many feelings she described about being away from parents and country. However how you change your perspective and overcome those challenges was inspirational.
Through the book you relive a little slice of her life. You see her transform from a self-doubting young adult to a confident young woman, supportive wife, mindful mother, successful entrepreneur and a blogger of many accomplishments. Her story is unique but also relatable. Her struggles are individual but also universal which makes this book easy to read and connect.
December 17, 2024
I recently finished On My Way by a Pakistani author who is also a blogger, and I really enjoyed it! The book is written in a blog-style format, which made it feel very relatable and authentic — almost like having a conversation with a friend.
It’s a super easy, light read, and I loved how it offered a glimpse into the life of a young Pakistani woman living abroad and raising kids. The author writes with a refreshing honesty that makes her thoughts and experiences resonate deeply, especially if you’re from a similar background or age group.
If you’re looking for a deep, literary classic, this might not be the book for you. But if you want an easygoing, genuine, and insightful read about life, family, and identity from a young woman’s perspective, On My Way is a great pick!
It’s a super easy, light read, and I loved how it offered a glimpse into the life of a young Pakistani woman living abroad and raising kids. The author writes with a refreshing honesty that makes her thoughts and experiences resonate deeply, especially if you’re from a similar background or age group.
If you’re looking for a deep, literary classic, this might not be the book for you. But if you want an easygoing, genuine, and insightful read about life, family, and identity from a young woman’s perspective, On My Way is a great pick!
August 12, 2024
A relatable, easy to read memoir of a woman’s self exploration as a Pakistani woman, wife and mom. It only covers her life till Switzerland. It does not have any details on her life after that especially Rotterdam.
April 24, 2025
This was...tough. The author clearly belonged to a certain class of privilege throughout her life and spoke of the daily struggles of women in Pakistan as if they were revelations. I mean to say, she added nothing to the conversation. Being a teacher and lover of the subject Economics, I would've loved a more thorough, thoughtful review maybe through that lens? Possibly? Instead of this neither here, nor there ramble of a woman who's talking to the struggling women in Pakistan from the mountains of the Alps.
When it comes to memoirs, you can't JUDGE the content, right? This is someone's life. But you expect some trajectory, some meaning that hindsight gives you, something you have to say because of the unique (and INTERESTING, please) cards that life dealt you. There is a LOT of self reflection but maybe it's the writing that makes it so that nothing hits. I don't know who the audience is and what the point of the author was. We swing wildly between topics; from a baby raising manual to cheesy platitudes of living in the moment or whatever.
She goes through a seriously traumatic birth but she doesn't seem to have unpacked that and she doesn't need to for our reading pleasure. It crops up as a hard hitting realization for the author every couple of pages but we never unpack it so it's just left at that.
The book ends feeling so incomplete. She sacrifices her life and her career to move to the Swiss for her husband's career. Throughout the pages, she really makes it a point that sacrifices and whatever are mutually taken or whatever, but the book ends with her husband uprooting their entire family? Again? And it's clearly very hard for the author but she never tells us why she doesn't challenge this move after telling us over and over how much her life and decisions matter just as much as his.
Girl, I don't know. Not everyone needs to write a memoir.
When it comes to memoirs, you can't JUDGE the content, right? This is someone's life. But you expect some trajectory, some meaning that hindsight gives you, something you have to say because of the unique (and INTERESTING, please) cards that life dealt you. There is a LOT of self reflection but maybe it's the writing that makes it so that nothing hits. I don't know who the audience is and what the point of the author was. We swing wildly between topics; from a baby raising manual to cheesy platitudes of living in the moment or whatever.
She goes through a seriously traumatic birth but she doesn't seem to have unpacked that and she doesn't need to for our reading pleasure. It crops up as a hard hitting realization for the author every couple of pages but we never unpack it so it's just left at that.
The book ends feeling so incomplete. She sacrifices her life and her career to move to the Swiss for her husband's career. Throughout the pages, she really makes it a point that sacrifices and whatever are mutually taken or whatever, but the book ends with her husband uprooting their entire family? Again? And it's clearly very hard for the author but she never tells us why she doesn't challenge this move after telling us over and over how much her life and decisions matter just as much as his.
Girl, I don't know. Not everyone needs to write a memoir.
October 1, 2024
I really enjoyed this. It gives the reader an insight into the trials of replanting roots in a different country and the emotional toll it takes. The best part however was that Mahvish has allowed herself to be vulnerable and raw giving the book an authenticity.
July 25, 2025
I read this book while I was pregnant & thinking about life choices. What to do and what not to do. How to do parenting right, how to avoid passing trauma to kids. How to be in the moment. So, I loved every bit of it!
Anddd she’s my favourite public person on instagram.
Anddd she’s my favourite public person on instagram.
April 12, 2025
Gripping from the first page, so beautifully written, feelings emotions expressed so beautifully. Loved it
September 2, 2024
A beautiful book which felt like a warm hug. (3.5 ⭐ for me)
October 16, 2024
Disclaimer: I had no idea who the author was before purchasing this book. I came across it on IG when someone else had shared a video of her receiving her first batch of books or so. When I read the blurb soon after and realized that it is set in Karachi and Switzerland apart from Lahore I knew I had to get it. Karachi is my beloved city and Switzerland is one place that is on the bucket list of almost every travel enthusiast.
It was a good read and I am glad I bought it. I liked how the author touched upon several different topics like parenting, desi marriages, and expat life. I wished that she had not started the book with the relationship chapter but with something else, perhaps a little background, or someting positively memorable from her teenage or childhood life. Reading about that toxic relationship part at the very beginning in an overall decent memoir was a little jarring. It sets a very negative tone for the reader about what to expect ahead.
I also hoped that at the end she had not wrapped up things too fast and should have brought the book to an end by linking it to what her life is at present. I think I would have loved a chapter or so more about her landing in the new country which is Netherlands(Rotterdam)[got this information from IG] and settling therein. Alas, we did not get to read anything set in Rotterdam.
The book does read like an IG post more often than not which was okay for me as the book is a memoir and the writer is apparently an influencer. But this can make the writing a hit-or-miss for a lot of other readers.
It was a good read and I am glad I bought it. I liked how the author touched upon several different topics like parenting, desi marriages, and expat life. I wished that she had not started the book with the relationship chapter but with something else, perhaps a little background, or someting positively memorable from her teenage or childhood life. Reading about that toxic relationship part at the very beginning in an overall decent memoir was a little jarring. It sets a very negative tone for the reader about what to expect ahead.
I also hoped that at the end she had not wrapped up things too fast and should have brought the book to an end by linking it to what her life is at present. I think I would have loved a chapter or so more about her landing in the new country which is Netherlands(Rotterdam)[got this information from IG] and settling therein. Alas, we did not get to read anything set in Rotterdam.
The book does read like an IG post more often than not which was okay for me as the book is a memoir and the writer is apparently an influencer. But this can make the writing a hit-or-miss for a lot of other readers.
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