Aug 25, 2021HopefulHyena rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Two Years, Eight Months, and Twenty-eight Nights by Salman Rushdie was the first story I had read in a long time. The first non-non-fiction in at least three years, and before that it was just some of the Greek classics read for a…
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Jan 19, 2021JCLS_Ashland_Kristin rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Salman Rushdie doing what Salman Rushdie does very well. While reading I felt like this title would have cross over appeal for fans of Neil Gaiman's American Gods.
Mar 11, 2020rab1953 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
In this artful and amusing book, Salman Rushie combines a clever riff on the Arabic 1001 Nights tales with a harsh critical look at both Islamic and Euro-American ideological narrowmindedness.
The story is first of all an amusing…
In this novel Salman Rushdie brings together the mythologies of works such as "Arabian Nights" with contemporary American creations such as Graphic novels. He is a writer who lived and wrote with the oppression of a death threat because…
Apr 18, 2017lhohman rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
This is a bit of a difficult book to review, as the phrasing and language are unquestionably beautiful, however, it was very challenging to get through. The plot was original, but the source of the originality was also the greatest issue I…
Nov 10, 2016ArapahoeLesley rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This is my first foray into Rushdie and I have been pleasantly surprised! This modern mythological tale compiled by a future utopian civilization is very clever, humourous, thoughtful and philosphical. I flitted between 3-4 stars but I…
May 26, 2016MajorMajorX2 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I really wanted to like this Rushdie novel more but had a hard time getting invested. There are definitely some interesting sections and plot points and general philosophy but it never completely clicked for me. Still a great author and…
Mar 16, 2016Bookafterbook rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
I enjoyed the witty and always amazingly intellectual imaginings of the first part of this novel, however I found the end the same predictable woes that seem to emanate from Salman's writing. He can't seem to recover from his own many…
Is it just me or is he unreadable?
Try The Satanic Verses. The fatwa was really for the writing. He has clever phrasing, references and observations, but he tries too hard at that. Again it's probably just me.
Nov 04, 2015GummiGirl rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Although there are better fantasy books out there, this one is entertaining enough, if slightly overstuffed with characters. Its strongest points are the ties to current events and the comic details of Rushdie's writing (who knew jinn…
Oct 26, 2015lostintheshelves rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Salman Rushdie's atheist epic fantasy is a fast fun read that makes great use of history.
Jinn are a popular (and often-badly handled) trend in fantasy fiction right now, so it's a treat to see Rushdie use them in a way that isn't…
Sep 10, 2015gendeg rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Perhaps it’s just Rushdie’s awkward familiarity with the world of fantasy but there was something forced about the whole set-up, as if Rushdie decided to sprinkle some magical details here and there and hoped for the best. The result is a…
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Two Years, Eight Months and Twenty-eight Nights