A review by christar_123
Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights by Salman Rushdie

4.0

(should be 3.5 stars...but I'm feeling nice so I'm rounding up.) I almost didn't finish listening to this book....and then it got a lot better. In the beginning, I was annoyed by the choppy short story feel of it, and it didn't feel like it was going anywhere (I'm curious if I would have been as bothered by this if I was reading it rather than listening to the audio book). None of the characters appealed to me, and I really was annoyed that the one main character was called "Mr. Geronimo." I don't know why exactly, it just felt kind of forced and strange. I also disliked Dounia for letting her philosopher treat her so badly (not giving anything away, this is right in the beginning)!

The story picked up a lot during the second half, and by the end, I felt like the narrative was redeemed. And the end...Rushdie finally came through.