A review by earlyandalone
The Last Illusion by Porochista Khakpour

3.0

More like 3.5 stars. The book started out strong, but lost me toward the end. The author tries to make a strong tie to 9/11 but it was too overblown and symbolic for me. The main characters, Zal and Asiya, are strange outcasts who find comfort in one another, and I liked that. I believe their relationship, but their circumstances and lives felt too strange and labored. An interesting read, but ultimately not satisfying.