A review by uncommongrace25
The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish

3.0

I wanted to love this book. I really did. It definitely has bits of “Possession” and “People of the Book.” The problem for me was that it was about 200-300 pages too long. She said part of her premise was similar to Virginia Woolf’s when she wonders what is Shakespeare had a sister. What ensues is an at times esoteric and and other times vibrant meandering through 17th century London. In particular a lot of time is devoted to Jewish life in Inquistion era Europe. There are things about the Book to Love but overall it fell a little flat for me.