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The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1)

Helene Wecker

Start date: September 1, 2020

Finish date: September 30, 2020

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Sep 27, 2017 T. K. Elliott (Tiffany) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: reviewed, fantasy-gaslight

I cried. Twice.

This book could be a fairy-tale about two magical creatures in New York.
It could be a story about the different ways people arrive in a new country, and the different ways in which they learn to fit in - or not.
It could be a discussion of free will, morality, how far responsibility for one's actions and their consequences extends, and what constitutes happiness.
It could even be a book about what constitutes a person.

This book is over 650 pages long, and the plot, such as it is, pr ...more

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Jan 20, 2024 Keli rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 3-5-stars, historical-fiction, fantasy, magical-realism

Writing style - 4 of 5
Pacing - 2 of 5
Characters - 4 of 5
World building - 4 of 5
Story/Plot - 3 of 5
Overall - 3.4 of 5

There is so much to like about this book. I adored the two main characters. Wecker did an amazing job of placing these beings of legend into a 20th-century setting without making it seem like genre writing. This had more of a literary fiction feel to it. Obviously, it is very much in the realms of magical realism and historical fiction. However, it questions what it means to be ali ...more

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Dec 12, 2013 Lacey rated it did not like it

Shelves: fantasy, paranormal, witches, fiction, historical-fiction, mythology, dnf

This book was definitely NOT up my alley. I enjoy fantasy fiction and I thought this would be similar and it really isn't. The story line sounded so fascinating that I couldn't help myself but pick it up and to try and read it, but to be honest I never finished it. I got about 70 pages in before I realized it just wasn't for me. Every tiny nuance of the characters are expressed to the most infinitesimal details. Where part of me enjoyed her attentions to these characters, another LARGER part of ...more

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