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A review by 2amreader
East, West by Salman Rushdie
3.0
GENERAL:
- short story collection
- enjoyable but not the most amazing
- some stories were more engaging than others
- common theme: the desire for transcendence
LIKES:
- pacing of each story, as well as the overall collection, was great.
- Rushdie displayed an impressively wide range of writing styles.
- each story had amazing endings that were punchy and left me awed.
- "Harmony of the Spheres" was one that moved the best. Captivating beginning. Plot that moves forward (but doesn't rush). Strong ending.
DISLIKES:
- not as magic realism as the others works I've read by him.... only "At the Auction of the Ruby Slippers" and "The Prophet's Hair" were sort of fantasy-esque
- "Yorick" was hard to understand for me. But that's a me problem and not an author problem.
- "Chekhov and Zulu" was also hard to understand in parts because of the Star Trek references.
SHORT STORIES RANKED:
- "The Courter"
- "Christopher Columbus and Queen Isabella of Spain Consummate their Relationship"
- "The Prophet's Hair"
- "The Harmony of the Spheres"
- "The Free Radio"
- "Good Advice is Rarer than Rubies"
- "Chekhov and Zulu"
- "At the Auction of the Ruby Slippers"
- "Yorick"
- short story collection
- enjoyable but not the most amazing
- some stories were more engaging than others
- common theme: the desire for transcendence
LIKES:
- pacing of each story, as well as the overall collection, was great.
- Rushdie displayed an impressively wide range of writing styles.
- each story had amazing endings that were punchy and left me awed.
- "Harmony of the Spheres" was one that moved the best. Captivating beginning. Plot that moves forward (but doesn't rush). Strong ending.
DISLIKES:
- not as magic realism as the others works I've read by him.... only "At the Auction of the Ruby Slippers" and "The Prophet's Hair" were sort of fantasy-esque
- "Yorick" was hard to understand for me. But that's a me problem and not an author problem.
- "Chekhov and Zulu" was also hard to understand in parts because of the Star Trek references.
SHORT STORIES RANKED:
- "The Courter"
- "Christopher Columbus and Queen Isabella of Spain Consummate their Relationship"
- "The Prophet's Hair"
- "The Harmony of the Spheres"
- "The Free Radio"
- "Good Advice is Rarer than Rubies"
- "Chekhov and Zulu"
- "At the Auction of the Ruby Slippers"
- "Yorick"