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A review by wanderinglynn
The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark
2.75
This book was just okay. I'm a bit baffled on how it won so many awards.
The setting is Cairo in 1912 and djinn and other supernatural elements have been "released" into the world. Maybe because I didn't read [book:A Dead Djinn in Cairo|29635542] first, but I thought the world-building was a little clunky. And I guess because it's a novella that it just comes right out with the fact the tram car is haunted. Of course, the title also gives that away, but I thought that there might be more investigating to it.
Upon entering chapter 2, there's a clunky transition with the women’s suffrage movement. The synopsis also mentions secret societies—I don't think I'd call it a secret society. It was more of a ritual that has been dismissed by the academics/scientific community.
Again, maybe because it was a novella, I thought that the main characters had a rather easy time of it. A bit too easy. They just happened to be overheard by someone who could help them. Someone who did something bad just happened to confess. It was all too convenient. And the character development was just okay.
An easy read. Nothing spectacular—definitely a let down from the hype I've heard.
The setting is Cairo in 1912 and djinn and other supernatural elements have been "released" into the world. Maybe because I didn't read [book:A Dead Djinn in Cairo|29635542] first, but I thought the world-building was a little clunky. And I guess because it's a novella that it just comes right out with the fact the tram car is haunted. Of course, the title also gives that away, but I thought that there might be more investigating to it.
Upon entering chapter 2, there's a clunky transition with the women’s suffrage movement. The synopsis also mentions secret societies—I don't think I'd call it a secret society. It was more of a ritual that has been dismissed by the academics/scientific community.
Again, maybe because it was a novella, I thought that the main characters had a rather easy time of it. A bit too easy. They just happened to be overheard by someone who could help them. Someone who did something bad just happened to confess. It was all too convenient. And the character development was just okay.
An easy read. Nothing spectacular—definitely a let down from the hype I've heard.