The Diary of Social Butterfly By Moni Mohsin

 The Diary of Social Butterfly by Moni Mohsin Review


If you don’t know me then all I can say, baba, is that you must be some loser from outer space.


Janoo’s mother is a window, sorry, sorry, I meant widow, and I call her The Old Bag.



These are some of the dialogues from Moni Mohsin's "The Diary of Social Butterfly" She wrote a series of articles for The Friday Times and then compiled them in the form of a novel.


The Interesting thing about this novel is its unique, creative language and satire.  Mohsin does not write in standard English, rather she writes informal and casual English full of code-mixing because the protagonist Butterfly is a pretentious character and speaks incorrect English. 

In its comical tone, this novel highlights various issues of Pakistani society in a nonchalant manner. 


On the other hand, there are some drawbacks as well. This novel has no plot, suspense or mystery. It is composed of different articles most of which are unrelated except chronologically. As a result, a reader might feel demotivated to continue it further. Second, the character of Butterfly is selfish, careless and frequently stupid which made me hate her.


Note: The reason for reading this novel is that it was a part of my BS English syllabus.


Ratings : 6/10

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