A review by lucyblack
The Last Illusion by Porochista Khakpour

2.0

Ugh I am so sick of books like this. Why do authors think that to be 'literary' you have to write unlikeably characters who live grimey lives that go nowhere? This is the story of a feral child who is 'saved' and taken to New York. He grows up into an unlikeable man who treats the good people in his life like shit and has fucked up relationships with fucked up people. Some readers will like this cos at least the characters arent 'normal', I guesss some will like it just cos it's set in New York' and some might like the slow paced, forwards and backwards plot. Not me. I didn't like it. I'm giving it 1 and a half stars.