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Before I write my review of this book, I need to clarify a few points that I believe are misleading in the book.Islam in itself is a unity and oneness religion, all devoted to Allah, some people in later years fell in "love" with Allah, and called themselves Sufis. Sufism in itself isn't Islam, it's actually quite extreme and Islam is a religion of moderation.The "love" that's repeated throughout the book should have been clarified as the "love" of Allah. Sufi people aren't all dervishes. And th...
I picked "Forty Rules of Love" because I wanted to read something light and sweet, which was just that. This year has been just a massive slump for me, but I'm trying my best. The plot is quite interesting. It begins with Ella, our protagonist, who has a perfect life; she has a loving husband and children, and everything seems to be going well for her. But on the inside, things are not what they seem. I feel like when if something looks too good or perfect, there's something fishy going on in th...
Unlike many other readers I did not like this book. I felt like the story narrative was a half-baked excuse to string together the "Forty Rules of Love." It would have bern better to just have listed the forty rules of love with the list of source materials given in the back. (Spoiler alert! i mention what happens in the book in the next sentence.) That Ella, the main character in our present time, leaves her husband and children to engage in a romantic relationship with her Sufi teacher dishono...
Sufism, as much as I have understood it, stretches the idea of existence and the divine to such abstractness that it allows even an agnostic to become a sufi. Sufi doesn’t believe in God in the conventional sense, that is, his conception of god is rather obscured by flashy metaphors and quite distinct from the idea of God that religion puts forward. This book tries to make sufism the new sexy, and fails miserably. And its failure isn’t on a philosophical level, but at a humiliatingly lower and f...
“Fourteenth Rule: Try not to resist the changes that come your way. Instead let life live through you. And do not worry that your life is turning upside down. How do you know that the side you are used to is better than the one to come?”
Ella is in her late 30s and has a routine of a typical housewife of that age. Her husband is cheating on her, and the daughter is not listening to her and wants to marry a man who is not from the same faith. Depressed by all these events, she gets into a relationship with an author, Aziz, also a Sufi, whose novel is being reviewed by her for a publisher. And the story goes on to tell what happened to their relationship.Ella’s story, which is nothing more than a story of a below par soap, makes u...
4.5 Wonderful Stars!Love came to Ella as suddenly and brusquely as if a stone had been hurled from out of nowhere into the tranquil pond of her life.I wanted to read something soft and sweet when I started this, but it was anything but. The prologue was very capturing, and I decided to read more. Part one interested me and I was curious to read more but not desperate until I reached the middle of Part two.I love the fact that each chapter starts with “B” and I love that we get to read the novel
"Its not a review"It came to my dream " make Rumi your teacher " which left me baffled how It can be possible in the present world.The timing of this book could not have be more than perfect . After reading this book things are more clear to me in trouble times . A book close to my heart. Once my friend told me if you can't find a teacher , Rumi masnavi is yours .
I am divided about this novel, which is divided between contemporary Massachusetts and 13th century Baghdad. I like Shafak's writing and was absorbed by Ella's story. But the storyline about Rumi and the dervish, Shams of Tabriz, left me impatient. I would have preferred to focus on Ella and Aziz. I did not become inspired by the abundance of spiritual revelations or the Forty Rules of Love. I can see why this novel would appeal to readers more spiritual than me - so don't let my review deter yo...
