A review by natesea
The Last Illusion by Porochista Khakpour

1.0

This is one of the most disappointing books I've ever read. It is on a 50 female authors one should read of 2014 list, and garnered a plethora of other accolades. Am I missing something? What, by description, seems an intriguing story about a feral boy raised as a bird by a disturbed mother, who is rescued and trying to adapt to life as an adult in New York, turns out to be a mess of a book - shallow and unbelievable characters, stagnant and melodramatic plot, a hodgepodge of myth attempting to weave it's way into a "modern" telling, and the list goes on. This novel fails in its attempt to cover too much deep territory.I forced my way through to the last 100 pages, and barely skimmed the rest.