A review by senqin
The Winged Histories by Sofia Samatar

5.0

But those on the border write no histories. Their book is memory. Their element is air.

★★★★★

If there's any book that should to be called a work of art it's this one. The Winged Histories deserves 5 stars just because of the sheer beauty of the first three parts in particular: The History of the Sword, The History of the Stone, and the History of Music. Sadly though I did not like the book's concluding section, The History of Flight, for several reasons that I'm attempting to sort out, and the ending was a disappointing conclusion to an otherwise perfect book. Regardless, I think that Sofia Samatar is brilliant and a VASTLY underrated author whose works should be more widely regarded. Even rereading this years later, her writing is still some of the most gorgeous I've ever read. There's a deep sense of poeticism and loss that just permeates throughout the lives of these women she's created. I remain in awe.

— ♩♫♩ ~ Epilogue