shewreads 's review for:

The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie

3.0

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I'm not going to pretend that I fully understood this book or loved it for the acclaimed piece of literature that it is. The author's writing style is (intentionally) disorienting and full of allusions I probably missed. What I did gather was that this amalgamation of post-modern and post-colonialist thought weaves issues of identity and exploitation while also presenting the notion of reincarnation as a flawed phenomenon rather than a pure process of reawakening. Just like the characters, I'm full of doubt in my intellectual faith that, yes, this is a seminal work of art. Perhaps I, too, need to submit to more struggles before again journeying to this text.