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I liked the idea of this book, and found the characters and stories of the jinni and the golem to be very engaging. The book has a lot to say about how we construct identities, we do start with an essential nature, but how much does that rule or lives and does it leave us as not responsible for our actions? I felt like the book was heading somewhere definite, but never quite got there. I also felt like I was supposed to get some kind of moral, but never figured it out. That aside, this is a well
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I tried to read this as a physical book a few years ago, and couldn't get into it...but as an audiobook, I couldn't stop listening. It could be that the narrator was terrific, and one of my favorites. :)
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Unusual, mystical and enchanting, this book introduced us to a new world where spirits and mystical creatures exist and even have their own fear, problem and feeling. With the setting of NYC is early 1900, i can actually imagine that this story really happened...
This is a deep character study based around the myths that might have been enjoyable during winter when I could settle into it, but in summer, I just wasn't that interested.
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