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A review by sacmersault
The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree by Shokoofeh Azar
3.0
Very interesting book. The blending of reality with fantasy works wonderfully here. The thing I loved the most about this book was all that I learned about Persian culture, folkore, etc. I loved that the author named a lot of books, singers, authors important to her. It gave me a long list of books to add to my reading list.
The style of the writing however did not fully convince me. It felt confusing at times. There was a lot of stories that felt went nowhere other than to add fantastic elements to the book.
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The ending was the most suddenly most depressing ending I've ever read. It felt that out of nowhere everything just collapses and everything has to end badly only so that they end up together.
The style of the writing however did not fully convince me. It felt confusing at times. There was a lot of stories that felt went nowhere other than to add fantastic elements to the book.
***********SPOILER**************
The ending was the most suddenly most depressing ending I've ever read. It felt that out of nowhere everything just collapses and everything has to end badly only so that they end up together.