A review by june_englit_phd
The Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye

5.0

Having originally read this tome of a novel five years ago, and loving it to pieces, I have just finished re-reading it for potential use in my Uni essay. Do I still love this book? Yes, in fact even more so than I remember after my first reading of it. Plus there are so many themes going on - identity, social class, imperialism just being a few of them. Love the language which ranges from a kind of Wordsworthian lyricism to dark, gothic sensationalism. I love the characters - although Juli still bugged me a bit - my favourite (aside from Ash) being Irish Wally, whose experiences in the Afghan uprising fill the final third of the book. It's just amazing. Would I change my rating after a second read-through? Yep - instead of five stars, could I give it six?