A review by elysahenegar
Inland by Téa Obreht

4.0

The writing in this novel is beautiful without being indulgent, and I especially enjoyed the fact that it is set in Arizona in 1893, before statehood. Most of the action in the plot takes place in the past as flashback, giving context to the short present timeline, with two solidly different threads (one involving the camel corps, which I didn't even know was "a thing" before reading this book) that really only glancingly unite at the very end of the book. If you prefer a story in which almost everything in the plot resolves nicely in the end, this might not be the book for you. It's an entrancing read that blurs the lines between life and death.