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The Weight of Ink
by Rachel Kadish
This book was an excellent read. I bought it on a whim but was almost immediately engrossed. The writing is exquisite, the story line inventive and well researched. The back-and-forth between the (near) present and the past helps to keep the pace of the narrative going -- just when you're beginning to tire of one particular path, you jump several centuries back or ahead to pick up where you left off there.
My one very minor complaint about this book is that there are several sections of very heavy philosophical discussion that were mostly over my head and gave me flashbacks of the one philosophy course I took in college that used to regularly put me to sleep. I understand why they're there -- they're an integral piece of the narrative -- but I found them a bit of a slog to get through.
I think what I enjoyed most in this book was the very real characters that Kadish has created. She gives you a complete history and background for each of the three main figures, almost as if they were actual historical figures who she's thoroughly researched to provide a complete biographical sketch. I found that as the book progressed I had come to care deeply about what happened to these individuals, and as I finished the last page, I felt a sense of loss from not knowing how their stories would carry on after the end of the book.
My one very minor complaint about this book is that there are several sections of very heavy philosophical discussion that were mostly over my head and gave me flashbacks of the one philosophy course I took in college that used to regularly put me to sleep. I understand why they're there -- they're an integral piece of the narrative -- but I found them a bit of a slog to get through.
I think what I enjoyed most in this book was the very real characters that Kadish has created. She gives you a complete history and background for each of the three main figures, almost as if they were actual historical figures who she's thoroughly researched to provide a complete biographical sketch. I found that as the book progressed I had come to care deeply about what happened to these individuals, and as I finished the last page, I felt a sense of loss from not knowing how their stories would carry on after the end of the book.