Azazeel

by Rabia Khan

Genres: Romance

Reviews

[MaHaha (McMurder) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Imma be honest I had high expectations but this was a 3.5⭐️ there were enjoyable parts but it felt very dry for most part. It felt empty and dry and I felt like things kept going in circles and the stuff that we already know kept getting repeated. The characters were fine too. I love Zaviyar but the characters felt hollow and dry too like there isn’t any depth to them. I think it was the writing idk or maybe the way things were executed or the way the plot played out but it felt so empty and dragged like it was the same stuff repeated every few pages.

Haram was meh…him lying every few mins for everything pissed me off n he wasn’t a very memorable character im sorry. I liked him with nazneen cuz they were cute but then him lying and then it just got super boring especially cuz the romance between them was also meh and they both kept saying ‘I don’t like/love the other’ like great ok whatever. Nazneen was good I liked her but idk what it was she didn’t stand out that much. She was sassy baddie in moments and her slaps were slay but at the same time I hated how she couldn’t even reply to some people about her past like shut em up and ik trauma is diff for everyone but like still. And then random people mentioning her past every few pages was annoying like I get it that’s what would happen irl but in book it got boring and annoying. Sarang was a cutie I liked him and Sania was ok too.

Zaviyar pissed me off in start then I started loving him omg I love him he was a cutie like him being so baby girl. I loved loved Sarang haram Zaviyar friendship tho it did feel like Sarang was left out sometimes even at the end when haram comes back, Zav could’ve told Sarang. But whatever. That was the best part the trio. Ramiz was tbh a realistic character and tbh maybe just maybe the Iblees and Allah and Angel stuff got a bit much but there are people who get a god complex so I think it was realistic and he got his end tho I do feel sad for ABEEHA and don’t get me wrong I hated her but her end was sad and she could’ve gotten better too.

Shaista tayi coming to live with them and then Naaz forgiving was fine cuz she’s strong for that like that’s emotional maturity and she forgave everyone but I still wanted a big fat apology from Shaista cuz the whole shuja thing was not ok hell no. Fuck no. That was so so so wrong omfg and Naaz doesn’t even get an apology? The plot was not very outstanding and the plot twist or the dramatic thing etc whatever wasn’t very great either.

It felt like author wanted to make it outstanding but it wasn’t it was bland and the whole zero thing was not shocking like ok great whatever and then his grandpa part was also so out of no where like what even? I was like OK sure cool moving on. The ending was so unnecessary like what even was the purpose of all of that? He died for what? That could’ve been avoided so easily and then a whole year? For what?! A few months would’ve been ok.

He’s been gone a year and then I was like bro Naaz and Zav should get together cuz haram was already so lame and I don’t care about him tbh. And then he does come back and Naaz has to make him jealous in order for his stupid pathetic ass to decide to come back? Fuck u asshole. Dumb fucking ass. So lame and stupid and then we don’t even get Naaz Haram wedding? BITCH BE SO FUCKING REAL WTH??! Anyway. Also them touching, hands elbows and their almost hugs kinda annoyed me idk maybe it’s just me but way too much touching for someone who’s not even a couple let alone married.

And so many similarities with Namal. I thought I was paranoid but then Namal was even mentioned. Namal got mentioned and Jihan faris got mentioned and faris and Zav being obsessed with ‘hath se baat krna’ and faris loving guns and haram loving guns and faris ki pehli biwi died and haram ki pehli mohabat died. Abdar and abeehas nickname being aabi and them being interested in the MMC and both dying. I thought I was overthinking but when the mentions happened I was like yeah no it’s a similarity I’m not paranoid. And ofcourse every house would randomly have a hacker cuz if it’s so easy pls teach me too hello?? Wijdan being a hacker was so out of no where like ur a med student u don’t even have time to breathe bro. STFU. And Naaz was ok like it felt like she was a Zumar copy but like I did like Naaz but not that much but I did like her I guess yk?

It was so dragged idk why but it felt so slow omg and boring help. I only got shocked at the Ramiz and shuja part which wasn’t even shock it was just idk but I felt weirded out and sad for her and bad. I only care about Zaviyar. We didn’t even get proper Sarang Saania moments. Stupid. Anytime Haram would try to help Naaz she’d start freaking out and snaps at him or smyj and I get it she’s always been alone but girl ur not one man army there’s two guys saving ur ass every second so pls shut up for a bit.

And haram Zav not telling her made me even more mad tbh. And tell me how tf the note haram left in the library book was still there after a year? Don’t people borrow books? So ur telling me no one literally no one took that book from the library in that entire year? Whatever. Also Ahmad being related to Zaviyar was so unnecessary and lame like remove that and we still have the same crap I guess?? And haram not even listening to anyone and assuming shit on his own made me mad cuz you can’t even listen to Zaviyar once?!

I get it ur mad and I would be too but wouldn’t u wanna save ur mother too? And ur mad that Zaviyar has his mother and u don’t…what would u rather have done? Let ur mother die to save someone else? Ik it sounds stupid and shallow but id wanna save my mom too like id forget everything if i see my mother hurt. Why did haram only forgave Zaviyar when he found out his mom doesn’t remember him? Like dude ur 24. An adult. Pls be real. Such a weird book and it felt like a badly written AI version of Namal. I’m so sorry.

There were cute and funny parts tho like the trio and their friendship and cute parts with Naaz Zav or Naaz haram and then Saania Naaz friendship which was barely there but it was cute and then at the end Zav Naaz talking about Saania and sarangs marriage and Zav just staring at her and smiling. But overall It was ok. Not outstanding.

Overall meh and kind of disappointing and not dark at all cuz I was told it’s so dark omg so dark ooo aaa eeee HAAH dark eeeeh. It’s not.

[Kyshaf (Rozanov 81) · Rating 5 out of 5]

آپ شوٹر کی ہیں, اور آپکی ہر شے پر اس شوٹر کا حق ہے۔

Omggg loveddd ittt 🥹🥹🫂🫂

[Arisha Reads · Rating 2 out of 5]

DNF'd it😀

[Fatima Ali · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m so glad this is on goodreads now! After reading it had so many things to say! So, I wrote the review in my notes app for future reference😂 and here it is-
Azazeel BY RAABIA KHAN
25 June 2024 - 8 july 2024

4 ⭐️
Spoiler alert!
This was one BRILLIANT book! I had the time of my life! The emotions i felt reading this are unexplainable!
Not gonna lie first 200 pages were slow, they were readable, yes. But gave me the impression of cliche saas bahu kamine rishtedar cousin marriage hasad and all that, lekin- when it caught flight, omg! The plot twists and intense scenes gave me goosebumps! After really long time i was having so many squeaky reactions after reading scenes in a book!😭
And Haram!?!? HE'S MY NEW BOOK BOYFRIEND! he is handsome , cunning , manipulative, funny, smug, confident , leader, cocky , clever, determined, stubborn and OH SO FUCKING SEXY! I'm so smitten with his character! Ah!🎀✨
He's like draco Malfoy straight from dramione fanfictions😭 an uncanny comparison ik but if anyone have ever read dramione fanfics they'd know it's a HUGE complement!
He single handedly carried the entire book!
I loved Xaviyar(H’s bestfriend.)and his straightforwardness a lot! He's such a well written character! I never rooted for him and nazneen(our h) but still i loved every single scene of his, and i felt a bit bad about him. he is such a good friend! I loved loved loved their enemy era as well as their friendship. My heart literally bled for him when he cried outside of the hospital ward when ahmed came to see his mother for the first time.!
I felt a bit bad about sarang(H’s other bestfriend) tbh, he was such a sweetie yet i don't think xaviyar and haram really reciprocated his love. Ik they were not really into showing affection but how haram always kept him in the dark bugged me the wrong way, how he was the last one to find out about haram being alive also left a bad taste in my mouth , jabki xaviyar ko more than a week se pata tha haram k bare m. He felt like a third wheel.
Now, wajdan!(h’s bhanja) He's such a cutie! intelligent kid, I loved his character development! His bond with nazneen was so pure and wholesome to read! I was teary for him when he cried after the entrance test.and when he outed the video of our harami taaya was OH SO GLORIOUSLY SATISFYING! i was literally screaming!😭😭✨

Some scenes were so fucking good! Like- when haram told off abeeha in the starting. The scene where dada died.
When chalak taayi bring the rishta for nazneen. Nazneen's trauma scene. Wajdan's mother's death and the scenes afterwords. Tragedy of haram's past. The entire Backstory of the academy. The scene where haram saved nazneen in the library. I think my favourite scene from the entire book is the entire xaviyar, haram, nazneen and the car sequence where nazneen drove the car! Uff!! That was so thrilling and a bang to read!!
Sulah scene haram aur xaviyar k beech ka. Haram ki fight with the 10 people in that church! And his death scene! I'm sure there are more but I've got a memory of a gold fish and I'm forgetting most of them😭😭

Now that we've established that i absolutely adored the shit outta this book, comes the question why not 5 ⭐️? I'm sure not most of the urdu readers would judge it this harshly; tbh they literally tend to hype literally anything and don't take constructive criticism well(so far that I've scene on bookstagram) i consider myself brilliant judge of books, not because I'm self-obsessed but- self assured. I think if I'm reading 200+ books a year; I can absolutely say that ik my shit if I'm investing hours reading books in my day. Specially dark thriller romance. And i would consider this dark romance, not solely Focused on romance, but the entire story revolved around haram and naaz so yes this is dark romance for me.

I did not liked nazneen's character. At all. She's supposedly "independent" "brave" "strong" "outspoken" "hazir jawab" "badass" but- to me she was SO WEAK! like EVERY.SINGLE.TIME she got in trouble, she needed a man to save her, or there was a man to save her. Either it's haram, xaviyar or even wajdan. She literally cowers in front of her taya and never really tired to retaliate! Besides that one meaningless reply at the starting wedding meeting with the partner galeez invester.
She even tried to stop waji and haram to act in her stead. Okay i guess nothing unusual about that after the trauma she'd been through, her actions were totally justified . Fir tumko usko itna "badass" show nh krna chahiye tha na k uski mazbooti k qaseede padhe h. lekin when it came to really act, she was always hiding behind someone. There is not a single scene where she realy took a stand for herself.
The second thing that bothered me was when taloot (H’s mentor and father figure)died, there should have been a scene haram's family confronting him about it, consoling him or trying to. at least in haram's case, (tho he don't need anyone "consoling" him😂 )and specially Nazneen ka scene hona tha, he was alway there to lend his shoulder whenever she needed him, but jab uski baari aai to she wasn't there.

Now the major thing that I disliked in this book is the entire "iblees" and "god complex" theme. Taya was not well written character. His actions did not make sense, at least to me, they didn't. He did NOT had strong enough motive to literally murder his dad, brother and nephew, itni brutally, and without even showing an ounce of remorse! When naaz's father came to his study he did not had 1% sympathy for him. I don’t find it believable at all. Jabki tab, jab his father and brother never really did anything to fuel the hasad he had, inferiority complex smjh aata h ek had tk, but iss had tk nhi. Even natenyahu have a vision to religion cleansing the entire world from muslim, he's not acting blindly, and i think these days nothing and no one could be more iblees that that cunt.
People could justify it ki "shaitan" m koi grey area nhi hota and all that, to krte raho bhai justify, but personally I'm past that age jo Disney villains padhu m, bilkul black and white.

And the final thing is Haram ki "death", i was so emotionally connected to his character, after AGES i cried- no , SOBBED when he "died" ! It was SO unexpected! I'm a usual HEA reader, i even avoid reading books where main character died. I sobbed, and read further and i came with terms that okay he had to die and this is a solid 4.5 🌟 worthy read and all that. Then author had to go and bring him back! I was so mad that he was alive💀 like- I CRIED FOR ABSOLUTELY NOTHING BITCH! i wanted my tears back! 😭 Khushi hone ki jagah it annoyed me to death🤡
after reading some more, I love the few lovey dovey scenes between our main characters. But i would have preferred him being dead😭😭

[Meen · Rating 5 out of 5]

oh this book - this damn beautiful book !!!
Haram x Nazneen >>>>>





zavi my boy ilysm-

[E. · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Lurkingleo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Disclaimer: This review reflects my personal thoughts and feelings while reading the book. Others may have different perspectives and experiences.
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An interesting mystery to read. Loved the friendship of three guys. It was the best part of the book. Loved phupho and bhateeja relationship.

The only thing I didn't like was the love triangle. I hate love triangles.




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-E

[Reader · Rating 3 out of 5]

First of all, every single review claiming that Azazeel by Rabia Khan is heavily inspired by Namal and Jannat Kay Pattay is absolutely true. Haram feels like a mix of Jihan and Faris. Nazneen gives off a lot of Zumar vibes with a hint of Haya. Abiha somewhat resembles Abdar, and Ramiz carries that superiority complex just like Hashim. But honestly, no one could ever match Hashim—not even Qais from Bismil.

That being said, the story was dragged out way too much. I actually wanted to stop reading at several points because of how overly descriptive it was. The excessive copying of Nemrah Ahmed’s writing style stood out, and the way the plot unfolded felt pretty amateurish at times. But still no doubt the ultimate plot was AMAZING.

One thing that immensely triggered me was Ramiz constantly declaring himself as “Khuda.” Like, what level of blasphemy is that? I felt so uncomfortable reading it. I understand it was supposed to show his extreme god complex, but the repetition was unnecessary. The whole “I am Shaytan, I am a fallen angel, I was Azazeel” thing—again and again—became annoying and boring. We got the point the first one or two times; no need to keep hammering it in.

Nevertheless, the story was interesting. The characters were written well, and in the end, everything came together sensibly. I was especially heartbroken for Zavi. He suffered the most, and he didn’t receive love from anyone, which still makes me mad. I just wish his mother had remembered him—he deserved at least that much.

From an Islamic point of view, I didn’t like how touchy Haram and Nazneen were. Shehwar was shown as so pious and modest, but why not Nazneen? Haram was usually the one stepping back…

Overall, I’d give this a solid 7/10 since it was so (unnecessarily) lengthy but still managed to be a interesting novel. This was my first read by Rabia Khan, and considering she’s a newcomer, it was definitely a strong novel.

[Ayesha Reads · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars. This was a bit too dragged at some points and I felt like I didnt really care about the characters at some points.
Zaviyar by far is my fav character in the whole book. Haram and Nazneen were cute too but not fav.
The book was kind of predictable for me and the whole zero plot was not that surprising.
I liked the phopho and bhanja duo and the bond between the three friends but idk there was just something missing in the book. Dont get me wrong but there were points where I was HOOKED and really invested, but it got boring and dragged at some points.

[T · Rating 3 out of 5]

The writing style is good. Characters are strong and close to reality especially Nazneen's character. (Zaviyar too)
The main issue I had was that it's unnecessarily lengthy. It's a 1200 page novel with so many useless details, descriptions and repetitions. I got frustrated with length as it was also slow in first half and nothing was really happening. Skimmed the rest of the novel and still understood it eventhough it was a thriller. It would have been much much better if it was cut short to half of its size.

[Saira Ali · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5⭐️
Loved it, but I feel like it was dragged, and Zaviyan deserved a better ending 😭
Huram and Nazneen were perfect
Hated Rameez with the intensity of a thousand sun. What gave him the impression that he can become a God, so absurd.

I was just wondering how much Rameez was ignored by his father, which led him to become this kind of monster.

[Intellectual Disaster · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good part of the book: the plot twists and the story 🤌🤌
the downsides was the writing style.

hr dusre page pr hr dusre character ko saans lene mei masla horha tha, ikyk 👀😂

Zaviyar and Hurram, both were good characters.
Nazneen's character could have been better.

I liked how it ended tho 💕

Overall: 4/5

[Ifra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kinda slow but for the 15% of the time when it the action scenes and twists were happening, it was really fun to read. Especially towards the end.

Wish there was atleast a wedding for our mc in the end, their scenes were really cute - the love triangle was not 😭.
Overall a good one time read

[Mumina bhat · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great story amazing plot twist

[Novaira · Rating 2 out of 5]

these 2 stars are for zaviyaar.
What was up with al the philosophical talk?????

[Autumn · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was detailed.
But the story pacing was good.
Everything coming around in circles were the best

[Hafsa · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is not a book but a gem. Amazing amazing i just loved this book.

[Sahar Zahra · Rating 3 out of 5]

If it wasn't for the ending I would have rated it 2 or less. I really didn't liked FMC she was a PMO and many things I feel like were unnecessary.

[Warda Adeel · Rating 5 out of 5]

A favourite of mine 🎀 definitely recommend

[AsimaB · Rating 2 out of 5]

DNF at 40%۔ Can't force myself anymore to bother with the characters' boring and unconvincing stuff.

[Urwa · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Apne baal sambhalen , mujhe apni baat bhool rhi hy bar bar."

AHHHH Haram the man you are 😭 😭 😭
and for anyone who's sad for Zaviyar, don't worry he's mine.😭

[Nimra · Rating 3 out of 5]

its just a one time read too much family drama plus taya g jo k sab kuch kar rahy thy unky charachter k pas koi khas wajha nai thi itnaa negative or evel hony ki

[Sidrah Mukati · Rating 5 out of 5]

آپ کمزور نہیں،کمزوری ہے کسی کی
I read this book a while ago but am giving a review now.
I’ll just say this: I love it!.🤭❤️

[allie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good pace, lovable characters, acceptable plot. Predictable and repetitive tho

[Maniac Potato · Rating 3 out of 5]

Straight to the point giving this book a 3.5/
Raabia is one of my favourite writers. Azazeel is a decent read but it's quite long and felt dragged. I loved Zavi's character more than anyone else. Wajdan and sarang were my favourite too but the main lead Haram! Won't say he wasn't good but I didn't feel a bond with his character. So I would directly say I didn't like him that much. Nazneen's character was of a strong fml that I liked but she felt quite dumb at some points.
FOR ME ZAVI TOOK ALL THE SPOT LIGHT and I was more interested in reading his scenes with Nazneen than haram and nazneen. You can read it for one time but if you wanna pick it up again to read it the reason would only be Zaviyar sultan🎀