socialamoebaemily 's review for:

Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights by Salman Rushdie

3.5

adventurous reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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While extremely beautifully written in places this novel also jumps all over with very little transition, which I realize was intentional, but this also made it quite hard to follow at times. There were many minor characters, time and death were inconsequential so it was hard to keep everything straight apart from a few major incidents. Even the main characters seemed more like minor characters because we never really spent enough time with anyone for characterization. This was more of a conceptional theological debate that had some plot and characters than a typical novel just trying to tell it's own story. I really enjoyed parts and I loved some of the writing but this one was a bit hard to get through because I kept having to go back to straighten out my timeline and characters. Probably not a good starter Rushdie novel but if you're a fan you'll likely enjoy this one.