A review by sarahxify
Gilgamesh by Joan London

4.0

I found this hard to get into at first. The prose is sparse and pared-down, and the characters are quite flat, in my opinion. As the book went on, I still wasn't particularly convinced by any of the characters, but the story was very compelling. The author writes busy scenes set on the streets of Armenia and isolated farm scenes in the Australian book, and somehow gives them the same feeling of loneliness and despair whilst also having a very strong sense of place. This was incredibly well-done, and I enjoyed the book and its overall mood.