Samira Ahmed's Internment is an impactful and reflective dystopian novel that is disturbingly timely for today. Set in a near-future America, the story follows Layla Amin, a 17-year-old Muslim American teen, taken to an internment camp with her family. There are Ideals of oppression, resistance, and the capacity of youth to resist oppression. As a protagonist, Layla is compelling: courageous, headstrong, and unwilling to be silenced. Her transformation from fear to defiance is bittersweet but memorable. Ahmed writes with urgency and vivid detail that draws the reader further into Layla's world, where oppression has escalated to outright persecution.

The novel ensures the reader understands the precariousness of government overreach and the details of unchallenged xenophobia. The most substantial element of Internment is its portrayal of resistance. Layla refuses to resign herself to her fate and works toward organizing resistance efforts, inspiring others to join her while surprising herself with support from unlikely allies. The novel stresses the importance of speaking out and diminishes the idea of young people being ineffectual against repression.

Ahmed has a brisk and emotive writing style that makes it nearly impossible to set the book down. The pace slowly builds tension and urgency near the real-life events that inspired the novel. Some of the characters remain static, but the overall plot remains compelling. Internment is more than a dystopian thriller; it is a call to action. It directs the reader to see the consequences of intolerance and injustice. This timely message and the compelling protagonist make the novel a must-read for anyone who has reverence for freedom and the human spirit's resilience.

You Are Not So Smart is an interesting and fun read by David McRaney that tells about the tricks our brains play with us. It explores the ways we fool ourselves, the mistakes we make while thinking and why we believe to be more logical than we really are. McRaney makes complex ideas simple, and writes in a funny and easy-to-understand and enjoyable way.

The book is divided into short chapters. Each chapter explains a unique way our brains can be wrong. McRaney discusses confirmation bias, as a match between the things we believe and the thinking we already have. Further, the Dunning-Kruger effect speaks about the performance of the people they think they are better at than in reality they are. Moreover, he examines false memories as the difference between the things we remember and the way they actually happened. Furthermore, believing that we “knew it all along” after something happened is hindsight bias.

These tricky ideas are made easy to understand for the reader which makes this book one of the best masterpieces of McRaney. He talks about scientific studies and real-life examples in a way that makes sense to the reader. His writing style is casual and full of fun, seems like having a conversation with a friend. He states interesting and funny stories to show the thinking traps in which people fall due to cognitive biases, keeping the reader entertained.

This book makes you think about yourself therefore, not an educational piece. You will realize, after reading this book, that even the smartest people make mistakes during thinking and have biases. This book does not make you feel bad, instead encourages you to be more aware of the mistakes you can make while decision making. Further, it helps you to make good decisions.    

A little repetition might be seen during the reading by some readers because of the similar pattern. But it has made it easy to read in small parts and understand the concepts.it is good for people who like thought-provoking and short reads.

Last but not least, You Are Not So Smart is a great book for curious readers who love to read about how the mind works. It is an educational and funny book that will change the way you think about thinking!