A review by miguelf
The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk

3.0

Way too long and overstuffed with characters the book at times reminded me of I.B. Singer’s superior writings on this similar cast of historical figures which is one reason I stuck it out. The other was that I read in German while listening in English and it was interesting to compare and contrast the various place names that the translators chose to use as many of them have changed more times than the characters names in the book and I was taken with it up until about the last third. I was just so glad to be done with this doorstop and at this point after some reflection would be hesitant to recommend anyone else try to make the same journey.