Farnoosh Moshiri

Wow.
What a book! To say that I loved it, may be a bit odd, considering the nature of the contents. But I did.
I couldn't put it down, was taken by this story of a young girl, taken prisoner an held for some time in The Bathhouse, that now serves as a prison.

It is horrible to read what she and other women go through. To read of smashed hopes, stoned women, shot men, of the tortures they are suffering and to have confirmed once again, how badly people can treat one another based on religious show more ideas.
But I'm glad I read it. show less

I finished reading this book several days ago. But resisted myself to journal until the story I just read sunk in.

I found this story very disturbing. It is well written in simple language. An ideology derived from religion and mix in with politics is a recipe for disaster. Especially in this part of the world. At the end the reader will have a lasting memory of the narrator's horendous experienced in captivity. A book worth reading.

Against Gravity by Farnoosh Moshiri is not as gripping a story as I would have anticipated. Not necessarily subtle in terms of building the history and experience of each character. A touching book, but not powerfully moving. Perhaps having three main characters, with three book sections, each narrated by one of those characters, was distracting?

Chilling. Wonderful to read in conjunction with "Reading Lolita in Tehran" and the Persepolis books.