A review by alison_marie
The Golden House by Salman Rushdie

2.0

"...I learned the final lesson, the learning of which separates us from innocence. That there was no safe space, that the monster was always at the gates, and a little of the monster was within us too, we were the monsters we had always feared, and no matter what beauty enfolded us, no matter how lucky we were in life or money or family or talent or love, at the end of the road, the fire was burning, and would consume us all."

Rushdie's prose is dense and lovely, but I didn't find any of the characters or the story itself compelling.

**I received this book as a Goodreads First Read**