The Godfather

Written by Omma Ahmed
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The Godfather by Mario Puzo
Reviewed by Omma
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I am a film fanatic and I had watched the films before I even knew it was based on a book. I was then given the book to read during an arduous hospital stay and it went a long way in making that time almost enjoyable! This is one of my favourite books to recommend to people and I am yet to come across someone who didn’t enjoy it. I re-watched the film after this and it made me love it even more (The Godfather is a 10 on my IMDb list!). I’ve always loved a good backstory and this book provides that especially for Vito Corleone! The story is simply written making it a nice easy read, with the perfect balance of description and detail with dialogue. Would definitely recommend this if you liked the films and I’d heavily recommend it if you didn’t!

Omma Ahmed

I’ve always loved reading as a kid because it was one of the few Asian-mum approved hobbies although she would have preferred ‘less novels and more school books’! I also grew up in the Harry Potter era so that’s when I really remember falling in love with reading. (Big up my Y7 English teacher for reading a few pages of Philosophers stone at the end of every lesson! You were a real one Mr Williams!) I love being part of this book page (even though I slack massively due to lack of energy and concentration!) because sometimes it felt like a lifeline to help keep me sane. We started it during the time I was feeling really shitty about my Crohn’s disease. It’s been a tough 7 years and the last 3 have probably been the hardest especially mentally so when Linda suggested putting this page together, without hesitation I was down and I’m so proud of us! Writing reviews helped me to organise my thoughts and even resulted in me creating a second Instagram page (@AnOstomateForLife) about my Crohn’s journey. Yes that was a shameless plug and I’m not sorry! Along with reviews, I’ve also loved the creative side of things such as having input in our logo, creating our bookmark and taking book pictures even though it’s awkward af in public! So a few of my fave books: The Godfather by Mario Puzo (made me love the film even more! I’m a self-proclaimed movie buff too btw), Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X and Alex Healy, The Harry Potter series (obviously), Jemima J by Jane Green, Moonlight over Manhattan by Sarah Morgan, Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple and We Should All Be Feminists Chimamanda Adichie.

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