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

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challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

2.5

I started out really enjoying this book. It was really slow and took its time introducing characters. But that’s the entire book. It’s really slow. It’s not until ~70% through the book when the plot actually happens. There’s hints of it earlier but those are around a paragraph and then never mentioned again. And even the supposed climax of the book was disappointing. It seemed like the author forgot that the book needed a story and haphazardly put one together right before the deadline.

Some characters are great but some characters make the book drag on forever. The main antagonist is confusing and it’s hard to keep track of the djinn characters. Their names are interchangeable to me and I wish the book did a better job at establishing them.

I really enjoyed the first half, despite nothing happening plot wise. But I can only read about the characters daily lives for so long. It was a weird read and I don’t think I’ll be reading it again. It only has 2 stars because I really enjoyed that first half.

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