A review by dominique_wilson
House on Endless Waters by Emuna Elon

3.0

While I enjoyed the mystery that is the basis of House on Endless Waters, I found the way Elon alternated the different story lines – not only in the same chapter but sometimes even within the same paragraph – jarring, so that it became a book hampered by needless, excessive complexity. Elon may have wanted to use this technique to illustrate Yoel Blum's fears and confusion, but instead it resulted in an authorial self-conscious cleverness that distracts the reader.

In spite of this, Elon writes beautifully, and in this book effectively explores the meaning of identity, family, survival and remembrance.

With thanks to A&U and Better Reading for this ARC