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ab_maclean 's review for:
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
by Salman Rushdie
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
Fascinating book sharing the author’s very personal journey of healing after a horrific, almost incomprehensible attack. At times, well into the book, he is a little preachy (ironic given that he’s expressing his opinion of how foolish any of us are who believe in God/religion) and he name drops continuously (this is lost on me since I am not sophisticated enough in my reading taste to know who he’s talking about, and therefore this can be a bit boring). The repeated expressions of eternal love for his current wife who helped save him is hard for me to reconcile with his 5 marriages. But I believe he needed to write this book as part of the healing process. And the resilience of the human spirit and the power of love are truly incredible to behold.