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A review by teresarosereads
A Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston
Did not finish book. Stopped at 66%.
I was planning to push through and give this book a full chance, but I got distracted from reading by school for a month and now all my motivation to finish it is goneðŸ˜
I appreciate what this book was trying to do in giving voice to the female characters of a classic like Arabian Nights, but the style just wasn’t for me. It felt like one of those books that is mostly focused on having flowery, beautiful writing but feels like nothing is really happening in terms of plot which I don’t tend to like. I also didn’t like how many things were unexplained (at least not up to the part where I stopped) in terms of how the magic worked which I also don’t like in books. I like to know exactly how the magic works and it’s limitations.
In terms of Arabian Nights retellings, I liked The Wrath and The Dawn much better!
I appreciate what this book was trying to do in giving voice to the female characters of a classic like Arabian Nights, but the style just wasn’t for me. It felt like one of those books that is mostly focused on having flowery, beautiful writing but feels like nothing is really happening in terms of plot which I don’t tend to like. I also didn’t like how many things were unexplained (at least not up to the part where I stopped) in terms of how the magic worked which I also don’t like in books. I like to know exactly how the magic works and it’s limitations.
In terms of Arabian Nights retellings, I liked The Wrath and The Dawn much better!