It is a real shame I read this after Basma Abdel Aziz's 'The Queue', as they both deal with a dystopian world in the Middle East. Had I read this first, I might have thought it a little more clever, but once you read 'The Queue', your expectations are somewhat raised.

I like G Willow Wilson's comic work, its funny and entertaining. I just felt that this was trying a little too hard to be something it is not. My issue isnt even with the use or presentation of Islam, it is more about some of Wilson's politics that I think somewhat betray the canon of dystopian fiction.