Kingdom of Strangers

A lot of this book seems to hit home yet also manages to rub me off in the wrong way if that makes sense. I think I'm finally appreciating the author now, having read the final installation of this series. It's really an outsider's perspective on a culture/ country that is so closed off to the rest of the world. It's definitely interesting how our backgrounds affect our perception of the world, the way we see everything, and the way perspectives really matter in understanding those around us.

It's a West meets East scenario where Ferraris has tried her best to understand a culture yet can't help narrating it through her mind's eye. I chose not to get riled up by the insufferable amount of inaccuracies and misrepresentation and focus on the actual mystery and plot and perhaps it's the only reason why I could enjoy this read.

I'd love to read more of the author's works if she were to research better for I loved the writing but hated the representation.