We Are All Birds of Uganda

We Are All Birds of Uganda by Hafsa Zayyan
Reviewed by Tanya
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Sameer, a high-flying city lawyer, has been presented with the opportunity to set up a law from in Singapore. He knows his parents won’t be happy as they’re expecting him to eventually return to Leicester to join the family business. Moving to Singapore is something he can’t pass up, if all goes well it could lead to a partnership! However before he goes, he decides to take a spontaneous trip to Uganda, to visit a family friend and learn more about his family roots.

In Uganda, he discovers some family secrets. He learns more about himself, who he is and who he wants to be. I really liked Sameer as a character. I think being around a toxic family makes you do spontaneous or silly rebellious things just to feel in control of certain aspects of life. He had all these pressures from his family, to get a good education, a good job but then he was meant let that all go to take over a business he has no interest in?

I wish we got a little more from the ending 😫 like what happens?? But overall an enjoyable read!

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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