While I found her anger and immature point of view grating, particularly at first, I don't regret the experience. I expected more dramatic demonstration of "occupying two cultures," seeing as the protagonist is a -Pakistani-British girl who is also Muslim.

Some of the dressings were unique but the issues she fumbled and elbowed her way through seemed more universal than I was expecting, or hoping. i think its understated the degree to which most people "occupy two cultures," one found in the home and the other encountered in school/mass media/political institutions (although some people absolutely have to navigate more extreme contrasts).

Razia's performance in the audio version is impressive. I found this book most beneficial for the fact that it's self-centered heroine irritated me so much.