A review by carlybarly6
Inland by Téa Obreht

3.0

Two narratives set in 1893— Lurie, a Middle Eastern immigrant and wanted man who travels the west with his camel, and Nora, temporarily (or permanently) abandoned on her Arizona homestead by her husband and sons. Lurie and Nora each know pain and unending toil. And each is haunted. I was never captivated by this novel, some parts full of engaging character studies, and some parts just slow. However, Tea Obreht does a wonderful job of bringing setting to life to make you feel like you’re in the wild west, and that in itself is fun. The culmination of the stories was not extraordinary, but it was satisfying.