Hi! Today I’m going to share my review for Barakah Beats. I
read this book in September and I really enjoyed it. I received a paperback
copy of the novel for review, but this doesn’t affect my opinions on the book
as a whole. All information comes from Goodreads.
Title: Barakah Beats
Author: Maleeha Siddiqui
Genre: Middle Grade
Release Date: October 19th, 2021
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Rating: 5 stars (*****)
One of my favorite things in this book was the characters. I
loved how they were crafted and how each of the characters were crafted in the
novel. Each of the characters played off each other; and how they made each
other better people. By the end of reading this book, I really thought the
characters grew as people, and they learned about themselves. I also loved that
the characters learned that they needed to follow their passions for them.
Another fantastic element of this book was the plot. I
always love books that have a music element or have music as an element in
some way. This book was about a girl who joined a band to get her best friend
back. I loved this because I love seeing people come together and finding
something, they all love together. I also loved how there was interactions with
non-band members. The subplot of this book was Nimra’s family not wanting her
to pursue her passion for art, but in the end, she convinced them it was what
she wanted.
I loved the writing in this book. I felt like the tone
really helped to tell the story well. The lighter scenes were funny because of
the writing. Going hand in hand with that, the heavier scenes in the book were
also fantastic because of the writing tone. I will read more books by this
author because I enjoyed the writing style.
If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you know that
I love books with friendships. This book had several fantastic friendship
elements I enjoyed. The first was the one between Nimra and Waleed, Matthew,
Bilal, and Khadijah, the band Barakah Beats, and the sister of one member. This friendship was fantastic because they all helped each other out
and when Nimra was new at school, they didn’t judge her, and they invited her
to join the band after hearing her praying. Nimra also had a best friend, Jenna,
who Nimra joined the band to get back. Nimra and Jenna reconciled in end and
this made me happy. Julie was one of Jenna’s friends who was rude to Nimra on
her first day, and they got to be friends, which made me happy.
The last star in this review is for enjoyment. I really had
a great time reading this book. The book was fun and also emotional and serious
at times.
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