A review by amywoolsey_93
The World and All That It Holds by Aleksandar Hemon

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I started reading a digital ARC of this casually, not expecting to actually finish it, but the description of lavender at the beginning drew me in, and then the assassination happens, and before I knew it, I couldn't stop. Loved the seamless shifts between languages, tenses, and perspectives, the musings on life, death, and time interspersed with innuendo and blunt violence. The World and All That It Holds captures not only what it might have been like to experience history, but also what it's like to remember and imagine it and how those are sort of the same thing.