A review by mary_soon_lee
Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed

4.0

Summer-reading book review #23: "Throne of the Crescent Moon," by Saladin Ahmed. A fantasy book set in an imaginary city with an Arabian flavor. The setting was my favorite part of the book, closely followed by the character of Doctor Adoulla, a fat and tired man of about sixty, who would rather be sipping tea than fighting ghuls. The book switches between various point-of-view characters, and I wanted to empathize with the two youngest of these more than I actually did. They were admirable, but not quite real to me.