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rosiebarry1998 's review for:
Everything Is Illuminated
by Jonathan Safran Foer
Feel like he’s obvs / undoubtedly a great author -
Did find the magical realism historical bits slippy felt like I couldn’t get a good hold on them. Dare I say- didn’t need to make that life so fantastical given it was completely eradicated anyway? Maybe more powerfullll to not make it mystical? OOOOR if you are going to then what about the mysticism of the time coz not to be a nerd but I’d love to know more about Pale of Settlement and European jewish life in 17/1800s, and I found some of the anachronistic / evidently made up stuff just bit annoying lol. Having said that other parts completely floored me so
Did find the magical realism historical bits slippy felt like I couldn’t get a good hold on them. Dare I say- didn’t need to make that life so fantastical given it was completely eradicated anyway? Maybe more powerfullll to not make it mystical? OOOOR if you are going to then what about the mysticism of the time coz not to be a nerd but I’d love to know more about Pale of Settlement and European jewish life in 17/1800s, and I found some of the anachronistic / evidently made up stuff just bit annoying lol. Having said that other parts completely floored me so