A review by bookish_ann
The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye by A.S. Byatt

3.0

Hm. Everyone seems to adore the tile story, but I felt like it was a bit labored, too deliberately scholarly, held at arm’s length. It did not have the passion and immediacy of, say, Valente. Not that it was bad, but I really had trouble being immersed in the story. And it’s odd that I cared more about the sketches of the women in the shorter stories thane the protagonist. I could try to unpack that, but life if short and I have so many more books to read!

The traditional tales were charmingly written, very pleasant to read.