Review by Fireside119 -- Ironing by Navajo
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Review by Fireside119 -- Ironing by Navajo
Ironing by Navajo is a work of fiction that provides an insight into the lives of ordinary people. It is set in present-day London and the characters include teenage girls, school teachers, and immigrant families.
Among the characters is a young woman, Emma, who is influenced by her mother's crazy ideas. Emma follows her mother’s gospel blindly; her friends notice that she is sinking to the lowest common denominator. Samira is the daughter of non-practicing Muslim parents, and her father objects to her marrying a white Polish man. Peter is an unambitious 29-year-old man who lives with his mother. His simpleton attitude frustrates her, and she doesn’t know what to do with him. There is also a neurotic, misandrist woman who thinks that all men are stupid yet she is raising a young boy.
What I liked most about the book is the author’s great storytelling. The characters are robust, and the vivid scenes paint a realistic picture of the events. The relatability will appeal to a wide range of audiences since the scenarios portrayed will spark interest in readers. The bouts of suspense kept me flipping the pages, and I arrived at a fast-paced climax at the end of the book. There are, however, multiple instances of profane language that pop up in the characters’ dialogue. These convey the gravity of the characters’ circumstances and don’t detract from the storyline.
I didn’t like that the plot is fragmented, hence the story reads like an observation of unrelated events. Scenes shift rapidly and the drastic introduction of new characters threw me off. I often had to go back a few pages to pick up a plotline that had been interrupted by another. The novel could be presented as an anthology of short stories to rectify this. That will segment the different plotlines and make it easier for readers who would like to re-read or find different stories within the text. It also doesn’t help that the book lacks a table of contents and there aren’t any chapters within the text. A round of editing could remedy this and elevate the work to the masterpiece it could be.
Overall, the text is well-edited and there aren’t glaring grammatical errors. The two errors that I spotted were easy to overlook. I will award this book a rating of 3 out of 4 stars because the absence of a table of contents and chapters was quite an inconvenience. Otherwise, I would’ve given it a full rating. Since the book is short, I would recommend it to anyone who desires a quick read. Lovers of fiction stories will also appreciate the author’s creativity. Since there are gory scenes and profane language within the writing, I wouldn’t recommend the book to readers who can’t stomach them.
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