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amerynth 's review for:
The Satanic Verses
by Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie has an amazing gift for language... and "The Satanic Verses" really doesn't disappoint. He writes the kind of sentences you just want to linger over -- they are clever without being gimmicky and often just put together so beautifully. I really detest magical realism generally, but both of the Rushdie novels I've read were written so well I didn't mind that element at all.
I actually enjoyed the story quite a bit as well. In this novel, two men survive when their plane explodes and they plummet to the ground. One takes on the characteristics of the archangel Gabriel, while the other takes on the characteristics of the devil. (As a non-religious sort, I don't have a lot of opinion on the controversy surrounding the book -- I really don't know enough about Islam to know if the book was mocking that religion or not.)
The story winds about a lot and this took an extraordinarily long time for me to read as a result. But overall, I really enjoyed the book and wouldn't hesitate to read another by Rushdie.
I actually enjoyed the story quite a bit as well. In this novel, two men survive when their plane explodes and they plummet to the ground. One takes on the characteristics of the archangel Gabriel, while the other takes on the characteristics of the devil. (As a non-religious sort, I don't have a lot of opinion on the controversy surrounding the book -- I really don't know enough about Islam to know if the book was mocking that religion or not.)
The story winds about a lot and this took an extraordinarily long time for me to read as a result. But overall, I really enjoyed the book and wouldn't hesitate to read another by Rushdie.