The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

Pros

• The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty is still in my to-read pile, but has a retired pirate as a protagonist.
• The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty, as well as he other books. She is not discussed enough.
• The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi It’s in the same universe as Daevabad but it’s several hundred years earlier. Female driven pirate fantasy.
• Of all of the things on this list, this what I recommend the most. It's about an older middle eastern muslim woman that's a retired pirate, called out for just one more adventure. I've never read anything like this, and it's really somet...
• The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi

Cons

• Parent context: *The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi* Reply: I opened the thread and thought to myself "nobody better say Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi unless they're recommending not to read it" because that group of people do not act li...
• I felt traumatized by those books.
• Also Chakraborty’s second series: the Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi take place more in the human world on the Indian Ocean so perhaps more relevant to your work though I’m not sure on the time periods for those… might b pretty early?
• Parent context: I would say Amina al-Sirafi revolves around being a mother Reply: Imo it revolves around coming to terms with aging - with life getting more complicated, relationships fading away and/or straining, and having responsibili...