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A review by kristineisreading
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
I finished this three days ago and I've been struggling to write a review. So I'll just copy the quick summary I wrote for my bookstagram: The writing is beautiful and evocative, 100%. But the plot meanders and one of the main narrators doesn't have any real personality. In the end though, it does paint a haunting picture of someone who is found, then lost, then found again.
But for real for real - the writing is gorgeous.
"This was our realm of honeyed light and apple blossoms, a place so steeped in wonder that if we were to plant a sonnet in the shade of the oak, we might return the next day to find it had become a tree that grew poem-plums and all who ate of it would speak sweetly."
But for real for real - the writing is gorgeous.
"This was our realm of honeyed light and apple blossoms, a place so steeped in wonder that if we were to plant a sonnet in the shade of the oak, we might return the next day to find it had become a tree that grew poem-plums and all who ate of it would speak sweetly."