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What a creative fantasy and stunning graphic novel set in an alternate Cairo. I love what Mohamed has done with this story. She has created a unique and vivid alternate world where wishes are real and can be purchased, though not all wishes are of equal quality. If you're using a third class wish, fo Leggi tutto

Loved that the English translation chose to keep the left to right structure of Arabic. Loved that it was a purely Egyptian story, the magic realism, the world building and the allegory of greed/desire presented through the wishes. Like Aladdin turned on its head.

This book is an enthralling exploration of what the world might look like if wishes - genie wishes from a bottle - were actual commodities that could be bought and sold. An ingenious premise in which the author has fully considered the implications, seamlessly placing wishes and how they would have

wow. no words. five stars!!

A brilliant speculative graphic novel that explores a reality in which wishes are real, regulated, and available for a price. Following three unforgettable characters as they grapple with the limitations and ethics of their wishes, we see the very authentic consequences of commodifying desires. Shub Leggi tutto

I think this is the closest I've come this year to giving a book five stars. If only I weren't so stingy . . . In a world where genie wishes are bottled and sold as part of a quadrillion-dollar industry, an old man who runs a failing newsstand puts three bottles he inherited from his father up for s Leggi tutto

This was such a UNIQUE read for me. Originally in Arabic it reads right to left. This was my first time reading a book like this and it took some getting use to but I really like how it challenged me. The story was also so compelling. Each of the three stories played to different heart strings and so Leggi tutto

Something a little different, but very much worthwhile. This one caught my eye because of its size (relatively large, even for the format, bordering on the humongous, and, definitely, heavy ) and because the library had obviously deemed it worthy of purchasing multiple copies (which at the time, were Leggi tutto