alisarae 's review for:

The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova

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The story bounces back and forth between the MC, an American woman recently arrived in Bulgaria, and memories surrounding the life of a dead man (who experienced trauma during the communist revolution). The modern-day parts were strung out, tedious, and naive, but the memories of Old Bulgaria were magical and beautiful. I thought it so strange how differently written the two story lines were—they could have been written by two different people. I struggled to finish the book, and I would have edited it to be at least 100 pages thinner.