Finding Mr Perfectly Fine: 'I loved it. Utterly charming' Jenny Colgan, the freshest and funniest romcom of 2022

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I am always looking for Muslim rep and I feel its quite hard to do. You are either too strict or too modern and you can't make everyone happy, however I felt this represented me TO THE T. Mr. Perfectly fine is a song that I wrote alone. It was definitely an early indicator of me sort of creeping towards a pop sensibility. I’ve always listened to every type of music and even though Fearless is a country album, there were always these pop melodies creeping in. But I really love this song, and I love the bridge, I think the lyrics are just wonderfully scathing, and full of the teen angst that you would hope to hear on an album I wrote when I was 17 or 18, or you know, on that cusp.

This took me a while to get into but I ended up zooming through the last two thirds. For a lot of this book I felt concerned for Zara. She has people around her who love her and say their concerns but she doesn’t seem to pay them *any* attention at all. There are some big warning flags in one of Zara’s relationships, and it is outright explained to her what the concerns are and then it’s not mentioned again. Share this event Save this event: Current OPAL Schools: OPAL School Visit - Meridian Primary, Peacehaven Zara works in a department, Community Engagement, where she once thought an attractive colleague Adam who is Turkish, might have possibly been the one guy for her.Zara has just turned 29 and her Mother has decided if she is not married by the time she is 30 she will put her on a plane to where the family originally came from to find a husband there. We see how Zara goes through the next few months to try and find a husband. Her workmate Adam she finds him immature but over the months he seems to get closer to her.

As her next birthday looms, and family pressure intensifies, Zara knows she must make a decision, but will she make the right one?International Pop Poll Awards – RTHK". RTHK. Archived from the original on November 19, 2022 . Retrieved December 24, 2022. We meet our protagonist Zara soon after she has celebrated her 29th birthday when her mum’s “gift” was the threat that if she isn’t engaged by her 30th birthday she’ll be send off to the Motherland to find a husband!

It's the same for all of us. Throughout the novel there are so many moments, scenes and chapters where exactly that happens. Sometimes I had to laugh because one of Zara’s dates turned so awkward (we have all been there), other times I desperately wanted to know how it continues because it felt so exciting (we have all been there too) and sometimes I almost cried because some dates, some break ups were so sad or humiliating ( we have all been there too unfortunately). All of this makes this novel such a wonderful reading experience, so get the novel, make it your summer read, laugh, cry, go on a journey from London to Dubai. Zara’s quest of finding a perfect match, whilst also dealing with her meddling family and trying to decide what’s more important in a relationship: comfort or chemistry, was really interesting and also low-key relatable.

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The scenes where Humza unexpectedly surprised her. Her friends thought he was being a narcissist or controlling.

I really enjoyed all the different cultural aspects described, discussed and included in this book. I learnt things about Islam that I hadn’t previously known as well as about Bengali, Egyptian and Turkish culture which was something I enjoyed reading about. This book did also focus a lot on self-love and discovery which was really nice and Zara did noticeable change throughout the narrative to reflect this.We're really living in a diverse era with not just white doormat heroines but brown ones too! Words can't describe how disappointed I am especially with how promising the start was.