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A review by toreadistovoyage
The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk
slow-paced
3.25
I picked this up after I started planning a trip to Istanbul. There is a museum based off of this book, which is ultimately a museum based off a book based off a museum or something totally weird like that. The actual museum was the European museum of the year in 2014 (I think that's the right year).
The first quarter of this book was great - lots of drama, setting up what was sure to be a tragic story, interesting characters. However, the bulk of the book (I would say from the quarter-ish mark to about ninety percent) was repetitive, slow, and, honestly, boring. The ending redeemed it somewhat. It was strange that the author placed himself in the story as a character.
It took me a long time to read it. Like I had to force myself at times to pick it up. I used all of my library renewals and it is technically late. Just overall not worth it.
The first quarter of this book was great - lots of drama, setting up what was sure to be a tragic story, interesting characters. However, the bulk of the book (I would say from the quarter-ish mark to about ninety percent) was repetitive, slow, and, honestly, boring. The ending redeemed it somewhat. It was strange that the author placed himself in the story as a character.
It took me a long time to read it. Like I had to force myself at times to pick it up. I used all of my library renewals and it is technically late. Just overall not worth it.