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Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights
by Salman Rushdie
Rushdie does not stick long enough with each character to make me really care, and when he does (dunia) the nondescript (fire and smoke) character hardly develops.
I like the philosophical twist on reemerging myths, but rushdie slides into cheap super hero comic-style near the end. There is nothing epic about the evil to be slain, no buildup in the cronies first to be defeated. Very unlike the slide to superhuman abilities in midnights children, which worked perfectly.
Only two stars, maybe because I had really high hopes of this book. I wanted it so badly to be the new midnights children, but alas..
I like the philosophical twist on reemerging myths, but rushdie slides into cheap super hero comic-style near the end. There is nothing epic about the evil to be slain, no buildup in the cronies first to be defeated. Very unlike the slide to superhuman abilities in midnights children, which worked perfectly.
Only two stars, maybe because I had really high hopes of this book. I wanted it so badly to be the new midnights children, but alas..