Teri Ulfat Main Sanam / تیری الفت میں صنم

by Iqra Sagheer Ahmed

Teri Ulfat Mein Sanam by Iqra Sagheer Ahmed

396 pages, Hardcover

Reviews

[Sara Saif · Rating 1 out of 5]

Bite me, book. BITE. ME. I dare you.

Allow me to express my furious thoughts, harsh opinions and wounded feelings.

And you know what?

From legit the very first line to legit the very last line, this did NOT make any sense. Like, zilch. It had the stupidest and most non-sensical of all beginnings a book could possibly have. I knew then, right then, that this wouldn’t be making me happy anytime soon. Damn my stubbornness, I read on anyway.
The story total-waste-of-words ran around in circles. I chased it regardless to see if I could grasp some meaning out of it. I chased in VAIN.

On a scale of Ew, this shit is bad to KILL ME NOW I WANNA DIE, this rates somewhere between:

And

There is nothing new in there. No originality whatsoever. In fact, it’s more idiotic by the usual standards. The female population that reads the digests these total-waste-of-words are published in has probably become so used to the same done to insanity formula (testosterone+ovaries=MARRIAGE), most authors don’t even try to write something unique.
The dialogue is stilted and unimpressive. It is uncomfortable and lacks subtlety; the execution is not effortless and the abrupt changes are noticeable at once. The characters would be talking about their current problems and one of them would launch into his own backstory that simply did not fit into the conversation they were having.

The absence of proper, believable, relatable development is the biggest flaw. The characters change their opinions, feelings and personalities without any reasonable incentive and so fast and suddenly you just shake your head like wtf? The characters, again nothing different or fresh (I’ve read about gazillion better versions), are either black or white, save for the two protagonists. But even they are ruined by their instantaneous “growth”.

I hate the plot (WHO am I kidding? There IS NO PLOT), I hate the characters, I hate the pacing, I hate the dialogue. If my hate could manifest itself, my head would be on fire right now.

[Shabana Mukhtar · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read when it was getting published in digest. Liked it then. Now? It is alright I guess.
You read one, and you have read all. All her books are oh-so-similar. You ain't missing anything.