A review by sarakas
The Winged Histories by Sofia Samatar

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Poetic prose and present intermingled with past, with memories. The prose lures you in like the light of an anglerfish, but instead of being some deep sea creature’s next meal, you are engulfed by the lives of each of the women telling their own stories, as well as the larger story of the empire and the war and its aftermath. “The History of Music” is my favorite section, the most poetic, the most beautiful. A woman attempting to write a new song, grappling with her own history: her loves and fears and traumas; her loneliness and happiness. It’s very beautiful.