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A review by aramsamsam
Der Bonbonpalast by Elif Shafak
2.0
I'm not sure how I feel about Elif Shafak's Bit Palas. In one way it felt like there was a lot of social commentary that went over my head. Seems I don't know enough about Turkish culture.
The stories felt very scattered and arbitrary, with only the house and a handful loose motifs as a common denominators. The self-inflicted pain (mostly emotional, sometimes physical) of the palace's inhabitants never kept them from agonizing over soap operas or gossiping about others who are actually just like them. One aspect I didn't quite get is the whole waste problem that turns more and more into a vermin situation. As a whole I can say that the book was entertaining, all too cute in places, and contained some suspicious weird bits (actually no pun intended).
The stories felt very scattered and arbitrary, with only the house and a handful loose motifs as a common denominators. The self-inflicted pain (mostly emotional, sometimes physical) of the palace's inhabitants never kept them from agonizing over soap operas or gossiping about others who are actually just like them. One aspect I didn't quite get is the whole waste problem that turns more and more into a vermin situation. As a whole I can say that the book was entertaining, all too cute in places, and contained some suspicious weird bits (actually no pun intended).