shjervenrev 's review for:

The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish

5.0

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I had to work to enter the world Rachel Kaddish creates in “The Weight of Ink”. But once I was in it, I did not want to leave. I have little in common with her characters, yet I understood them, and had great empathy for the main characters. I enjoyed their company and felt curious about their lives. Often when a novel toggles back and forth between time periods there is one era I prefer over the other. This was not the case with this novel. I spent more time consulting Google when I was in a 17th century Sephardic community during the London plague and Great Fire. But I enjoyed reading in both eras and learned a great deal. This is what I look for in a novel. Stick with it past chapter 10 and you will be rewarded!