By Epilepsy Teacher
I don’t know exactly where to start in
trying to review this book. I am saddened to have finished it. I want to be
able to go back to it and start again.
This is
an absolutely beautiful read from start to finish. I cannot think of another
modern novel I can compare it to that would fully do justice to this book. The
obvious comparison is probably ‘The Kite Runner’ and while I enjoyed that book
a great deal, this is far superior in depth and beauty. The only other
comparisons I can draw are with the folk stories of ‘One Thousand and One
Nights’ but even here it is a comparison that falls short because this is just
altogether faster paced and more interesting to read.
I
cannot even begin to discuss the narrative as is here, it is too deep, too
layered and has too many subtle touches to be reviewed without this turning
into a full blown essay.
I have
not bought into characters and their heartbreak and struggles to the extent I
did here in a very long time, if ever. I want to go buy the hard copy now just
so that I can read it again, close the cover and stare at it for a while in
awe.
And…***SPOILER***
I have never been so horrified to be left with so many questions unanswered. I
have read a review of this book which mentions it leaves without an ending, I
expected an open ending, I did not anticipate a ‘to be continued’. I don’t know
if I am relieved or devastated. Will I get to read more? I am willing to pay
big to do so if it means I get to return to this stunningly crafted world
though any wait will be agony. Just please don’t leave it open like this!
This is
a certifiable 5 star classic. Astonishing.
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