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A review by erin_j
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
4.0
The Golem is made of clay, happiest when she has a master (but she doesn't have on anymore) and hears the fears and desires of those around her. The Jinni is carefree, impulsive, reckless, and doesn’t like authority. How can these newly revived creatures navigate New York without drawing attention?
This book moved up on my TBR list because of 2 readerly friends having read and loved it. The story is slow, but keeps you reading with the underlying tension and the story slowly unfolding to a climactic end that you might have seen coming, but not until about 3 chapters from the end.
There are many perspectives, but I don’t feel like it’s too much. It’s done well and every one of them have a purpose in the story that help move it along. Very well done. I enjoyed this book a lot. It kind of reminded me of The Night Circus in it's magical, fantastical, many perspectives kind of way and the story unfolding little by little.
And the cover is beautiful! I have this on Kindle, but I think I want the real book too!
This book moved up on my TBR list because of 2 readerly friends having read and loved it. The story is slow, but keeps you reading with the underlying tension and the story slowly unfolding to a climactic end that you might have seen coming, but not until about 3 chapters from the end.
There are many perspectives, but I don’t feel like it’s too much. It’s done well and every one of them have a purpose in the story that help move it along. Very well done. I enjoyed this book a lot. It kind of reminded me of The Night Circus in it's magical, fantastical, many perspectives kind of way and the story unfolding little by little.
And the cover is beautiful! I have this on Kindle, but I think I want the real book too!