My Trip to Adele is a book with three different stories in it. They are all entwined together in the way that the end goal is to attend the Adele concert. Apart from that one similarity, they couldn't be further apart.
The first story you are introduced to is the life of Elias. It starts in Rome but travels to a few places. One being Marrakesh where he fell in love with a girl 12 years previously. In his story you follow him on his journey to find her. It is a bit unbelievable because it starts with the fortune teller and includes black magic. Apart from that his story is nice, if a bit controversial.
The second story you read about is a married couples life together, Mariam and Yaser's first chapter starts in a marriage councillors office, straight away you are led to feel sympathy for them for letting their marriage get to that state. Although I soon started to dislike the husband after he shows how immature and selfish he is in the marriage, although he is not all to blame as Mariam nags an awful lot and preaches about her God frequently. This caused me to lose my sympathy with their situation pretty quickly. Neither were willing to break down the barriers and communicate and they are so different from …show more content…
I found the first third of the book really hard work, I think there was a couple of factors to this. The characters weren't really introduced properly, you just jumped straight into their lives. I think this made it hard to keep up at first. I also didn't initially like any of the characters, I found them more intriguing than likable. Despite all this I found it really interesting to read about different countries and cultures and they were well written about with enough detail. I also felt compelled to finish it to see where the characters ended up. I'm not sure I would recommend it as a brilliant read but it's definitely worth a read if you don't mind a slow starting
The first story you are introduced to is the life of Elias. It starts in Rome but travels to a few places. One being Marrakesh where he fell in love with a girl 12 years previously. In his story you follow him on his journey to find her. It is a bit unbelievable because it starts with the fortune teller and includes black magic. Apart from that his story is nice, if a bit controversial.
The second story you read about is a married couples life together, Mariam and Yaser's first chapter starts in a marriage councillors office, straight away you are led to feel sympathy for them for letting their marriage get to that state. Although I soon started to dislike the husband after he shows how immature and selfish he is in the marriage, although he is not all to blame as Mariam nags an awful lot and preaches about her God frequently. This caused me to lose my sympathy with their situation pretty quickly. Neither were willing to break down the barriers and communicate and they are so different from …show more content…
I found the first third of the book really hard work, I think there was a couple of factors to this. The characters weren't really introduced properly, you just jumped straight into their lives. I think this made it hard to keep up at first. I also didn't initially like any of the characters, I found them more intriguing than likable. Despite all this I found it really interesting to read about different countries and cultures and they were well written about with enough detail. I also felt compelled to finish it to see where the characters ended up. I'm not sure I would recommend it as a brilliant read but it's definitely worth a read if you don't mind a slow starting