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A review by battlehamster67
The Storyteller's Daughter: A Retelling of the Arabian Nights by Cameron Dokey
3.0
I have read many retellings of this story and this one fell short for me. It was super crazy predictable. I have read a lot of Doxey's novels and I was excited when I found this one.
However I closed the book disappointed. To give this story justice it needs to be way longer than 200 pages. The book was more about the stories she tells then the actual story itself.
I long to know more about the world that this particular retelling is set in but I can't because again 209 pages... I thought her being blind was an interesting touch, but it didn't really add much to the story at all.... If anything it's a detail the book could have gone without. I would have liked this book better if more attention was paid to Shahrazad and her story then the stories she tells.
However I closed the book disappointed. To give this story justice it needs to be way longer than 200 pages. The book was more about the stories she tells then the actual story itself.
I long to know more about the world that this particular retelling is set in but I can't because again 209 pages... I thought her being blind was an interesting touch, but it didn't really add much to the story at all.... If anything it's a detail the book could have gone without. I would have liked this book better if more attention was paid to Shahrazad and her story then the stories she tells.