anysnaders 's review for:

The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish
5.0

Critics say this book is little more than a derivative of A.S. Byatt's Possession. I cannot say, as I have never read Possession. Perhaps I will do so now, and compare it against the standard that The Weight of Ink sets.

I loved this book. Set in the 166os and the early 2000s, ranging from Restoration London to 20th-century Israel, and including snippets related to Portugal, Florence, and Amsterdam. Wrestles with big philosophical questions and the quotidian decisions that ultimately make a life.

A masterpiece of history and philosophy and really quite un-putdownable.