A review by gingerliss
Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie

5.0

Brilliant! Although a children's book I thoroughly enjoyed it. I think it would be a great book to read out loud. I loved that with my background knowledge of Salman Rushdie I could read more into the text. He wrote this book for his son, I think around the time he and his son's mum split up and also around the time of the fatwa. I think this book is certainly inspired by both and it seems Rushdie's idea was to write this book to help his son cope with both situations. I loved all the little word plays throughout. Especially the Plentimaw Fish! Also loved all the different characters. As a kid I would have loved imagining what these characters looked like and then drawing them all (I stopped drawing when I got older, as I am terrible at it).
Can't wait to have kids just to be able to read this to them! I like how it's, probably, immensely enjoyable for kids, but great for adults too.