I, Migrant

Overall an entertaining and interesting read. It's not hard to see why Sami has been a successful comedian, and it was great to get his perspective on life in Pakistan as well as life as a Pakistani in America and Australia.

I do think that the book feels a bit rushed. Perhaps he was asked by publishers to rush the release to maximise the interest he had gained via the ABC special (just a theory). A few more rounds of editing and more time to think about how to structure the book would have done a lot to improve the overall result. Shah seems to veer too much from one thing to another accross chapters, and while his anecdotes are great, at times it feels like they were sandwiched into the narrative without serving a clear purpose. As a result the book feels like a series of slightly scattershot vignettes that don't integrate fully into a broader narrative.