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Barakah Beats by Maleeha Siddiqui (ARC Review)


 

 


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

Add to Goodreads: here

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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