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A review by jillie
The Other Side of Night by Adam Hamdy
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
3.5
“We are bound by the chains of causation that allow time to hold back chaos, and each link is essential to ensure we never escape our destiny. Every moment of suffering, every stab of pain, every shed tear, is simply the price of order. We each long to be exempt from such tight bonds, to have one link unfastened to undo a moment, to alter the chain that constrains us, but such dreams are futile. We are stuck, bound to stories that have already been written.”
Right off the bat, I was taken in by the prose & storytelling. I loved many of the sentences that were written.
It became slow & difficult to find motivation to continue through a lot of the book, especially because I disliked one of the main characters. The twist got me as it did so many others and really changed my feeling towards the entire story. That being said, I almost wish I hadn’t read it because the emotions the twist evoked were a bit too raw for me (but hey, another sign of good writing!).
So yeah. Wasn’t entirely sure what to rate it but this feels right.
May 2024
Right off the bat, I was taken in by the prose & storytelling. I loved many of the sentences that were written.
It became slow & difficult to find motivation to continue through a lot of the book, especially because I disliked one of the main characters. The twist got me as it did so many others and really changed my feeling towards the entire story. That being said, I almost wish I hadn’t read it because the emotions the twist evoked were a bit too raw for me (but hey, another sign of good writing!).
So yeah. Wasn’t entirely sure what to rate it but this feels right.
May 2024