Comments on: Review: Lipstick Jihad

By: Review: Honeymoon in Tehran by Azadeh Moaveni

Review: Honeymoon in Tehran by Azadeh Moaveni — Wed, 05 May 2010 13:02:36 +0000

[...] of Honeymoon in Tehran are not great. So not great, in fact, that I wondered if how much I loved Azadeh Moaveni’s first memoir, Lipstick Jihad, was just a fluke and that impulsively buying this second memoir in hardcover was a [...]

By: Kim

Kim — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:21:36 +0000

No problem! I love finding reviews that remind me of a book I forgot about.

By: Kitten

Kitten — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:16:42 +0000

A colleague of mine read this book last summer, and it looked intriguing. Thanks for reminding me of it!

By: Margot

Margot — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:33:02 +0000

Kim,
I have just awarded you (and six other BIP members) for the I Love Your Blog award. The details are at my blog. I may not have said it but I do appreciate all you’ve been doing to help me and others improve our blogs. And, I do love your blog.

By: Kim

Kim — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:53:48 +0000

Yes, I remember your review. I read it just as I was starting Lipstick Jihad, and it convinced me I was right in being excited for the book and that I’d probably get the next one. I don’t think the order being backwards for these will make too much of a difference.

By: Kim

Kim — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:52:00 +0000

I like to think it’s because she’s a journalist (I’m biased ), but yes, clear writing is a sign of a great writer. The Iranian Revolution is very, very complicated, but this book explained enough that I wanted to learn more about it rather than continuing to half understand what had happened.

By: Kim

Kim — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:50:45 +0000

Yes, Moaveni does a great job of showing the difficulty of embracing two cultures. She really shows it well near the end when she leave Tehran and comes back to the US. When did you live in France?

By: Florinda

Florinda — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 03:08:22 +0000

I just read Honeymoon in Tehran a couple of weeks ago, and liked it a lot. I have Lipstick Jihad in the TBR stack, and I'm looking forward to reading it (even though I have the order backwards). Thanks for the great review!

By: Amy @ My Friend Amy

Amy @ My Friend Amy — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:42:46 +0000

I’ve heard of this one a few times and am really interested in reading it. Thanks for pointing out that she makes things easy to understand…the sign of a great writer.

By: bermudaonion

bermudaonion — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:12:54 +0000

I think I know a little bit about how the author felt. When we lived in France, I never felt like I fit in, yet when I would return to the US for a little while, I didn’t feel like I fit in here either. Sounds like a great book.