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A review by takeahike
The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish
5.0
4.5 stars rounded up to 5
I struggled with the rating because the first 200 pages, or so, were slow going for me. Then suddenly, I couldn't put the book down. Characters I didn't care for, suddenly my heart was breaking for them. This was a part of Jewish history I was completely unfamiliar with and it was brought painfully alive.
"For the first time she thought, I understand why we sleep. To slip the knot of the world."
Some candle inside him was dangerously close to guttering. A definition of loneliness surfaced in his mind: when you suddenly understand that the story of your life isn't what you thought it was.
I struggled with the rating because the first 200 pages, or so, were slow going for me. Then suddenly, I couldn't put the book down. Characters I didn't care for, suddenly my heart was breaking for them. This was a part of Jewish history I was completely unfamiliar with and it was brought painfully alive.
"For the first time she thought, I understand why we sleep. To slip the knot of the world."
Some candle inside him was dangerously close to guttering. A definition of loneliness surfaced in his mind: when you suddenly understand that the story of your life isn't what you thought it was.