The Forty Rules of Love

Written By Tanya Ahmed
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The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak
Reviewed by Tanya
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It did take me a while to get into this book; it was kind of a slow start but I kept reading as I had heard such great things - and I was not disappointed. This was the first book of Shafak’s that I had read and it was enough for me to buy her other novels. The book is about Ella who works for a literacy agency and is given a book entitled Sweet Blasphemy to review - Sweet Blasphemy being the second narrative. It’s a story of the great Rumi and his companion Shams of Tabriz in their quest for eternal love of God. The story is about love but not the typical cheesy mushy type of love, but more love as a wider concept. I really enjoyed this book mainly because of Shams of Tabriz, from his exquisite rules of love, to his bold personality, and to his love and belief in God.

Tanya Ahmed

Soy Tanya. I’m the youngest of the group...and I don’t really know what to say except that I find these things really awkward. When Linda first came to me with this idea of an online bookclub/review page I was 100% down, although I was a little worried and felt like backing out on many occasions as I felt like my reviews were awful - I’m not good with words at all. If anyone was to ask me a year ago how I found a book, I’d reply: “good” - that’s my review done. But being part of this club with such amazing girls has really made me a lot more confident and comfortable. So I’ll forever be grateful. It’s always a laugh when we’re together, we are guaranteed to get side-tracked but our meetings are always productive and a lot of fun. This is just the beginning for us. I like reading all kinds of books from different genres but prefer romance/YA. With work being full on I like feel-good books that are light and easy. I’m currently in the middle of reading a few books lol but sticking to The Zanzibar Wife by Rebecca Rodriquez. Reading for me is a form of escapism, just getting away from the stress of real life and getting lost in book and falling in love with characters. I can’t list my top 5 or even top 10 so here are a few of my all-time favourites: The Sicilian by Mario Puzo To all the boys I’ve loved before by Jenny Han, A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hoseeini, The Forty Rules of Love by Shafa Kelif Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith and Moonlight Over Manhattan by Sarah Morgan.

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