Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights by Salman Rushdie

1 review

cyan_altaria's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

While I did enjoy the book, it's not the greatest, and I don't think I'll ever re-read it.  There is a fair bit of lore-dumping, and while I found the lore interesting enough to keep reading, I'm not surprised if it bored other people.  I also liked the complex, atmosphere sentences, but they can be a bit hard to read.  Most of the book is very slow, and then the last fourth just comes out of nowhere.  I would have liked if

there was more build up to each of the dark jinni's deaths.  They felt glossed over because they all happened so quickly and without much detail.

  The two philosopher's seem to disappear from the book without much warring, which is kind of jarring.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Violence, and War

Minor: Chronic illness, Incest, and Sexism

Explaination on the content warnings: Murder: Teresa murders her husband in the backstory, and

murders several people during the jinn war.

War: There's a jinn war in the book. Violence: No war & murder without it. Chronic illness: Mr. Geronimo's rising curse feels like this, and

when it spreads to other people, it can be a bit intense.

Incest:

Dunia has sex with her descendant Mr. Geronimo. Granted, they are at least 20 generations apart, but it's still there.

Sexism: The dark jinni are sexist, but it's not really focused on.