Scan barcode
A review by _askthebookbug
Mad Sisters of Esi by Tashan Mehta
4.0
Two sisters. Wisa and Magali. Separated across time and space but desperate to find each other again.
Somewhere in this large universe are two more sisters. Myung and Laleh. Two girls who grow up within the Whale of the Babel, a universe that’s so big but still feels small to Myung.
There are talking animals and trees, lands that tests and then trusts you, people who are cursed to live on their island forever and then there’s this humongous purple whale in the Black Sea which sings when it’s angry or sad or loved.
Tashan Mehta creates a mesmerising world about sisterhood, love and sadness. But there’s also wonder and madness. A madness that makes people feel skittish and scared. This madness makes one want to build worlds and Wisa goes mad.
This story is layered, a never ending tale of everything beautiful. Dreams that takes you across islands and makes you meet your dead ancestors. Every island has a story of its own. But there’s a tale about the festival of madness that connects the dots together about why Wisa and Magali had to part all those years ago.
Mad Sisters of Esi is a captivating novel that exceeds one’s imagination. The descriptions are so vivid that it plays in front of your eyes like a technicolor movie. My only qualm was how complex the layered story was. At one point, it started to feel chaotic. A lot of things and characters were thrown in together to keep the story going.
But I do believe that this book will be a delicious treat for fantasy lovers. Brownie points for this gorgeous cover.
Quir, it’s hard to not fall in love with you and you’re the best bat
Somewhere in this large universe are two more sisters. Myung and Laleh. Two girls who grow up within the Whale of the Babel, a universe that’s so big but still feels small to Myung.
There are talking animals and trees, lands that tests and then trusts you, people who are cursed to live on their island forever and then there’s this humongous purple whale in the Black Sea which sings when it’s angry or sad or loved.
Tashan Mehta creates a mesmerising world about sisterhood, love and sadness. But there’s also wonder and madness. A madness that makes people feel skittish and scared. This madness makes one want to build worlds and Wisa goes mad.
This story is layered, a never ending tale of everything beautiful. Dreams that takes you across islands and makes you meet your dead ancestors. Every island has a story of its own. But there’s a tale about the festival of madness that connects the dots together about why Wisa and Magali had to part all those years ago.
Mad Sisters of Esi is a captivating novel that exceeds one’s imagination. The descriptions are so vivid that it plays in front of your eyes like a technicolor movie. My only qualm was how complex the layered story was. At one point, it started to feel chaotic. A lot of things and characters were thrown in together to keep the story going.
But I do believe that this book will be a delicious treat for fantasy lovers. Brownie points for this gorgeous cover.
Quir, it’s hard to not fall in love with you and you’re the best bat