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The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
3.75
adventurous challenging dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Obvs so much of this is so problematic and listening to the bbc podcast “fatwa” was useful supplementary learning alongside reading this. Of course, lots of powerful wordsmithing from Rushdie but although much went over my head due to lack of Quranic knowledge a lot of this felt very crude..