Karishma’s Reviews > The Cry of the Dove > Status Update

Karishma
is starting
OK, maybe I am a little disgruntled by the last few duds I have read but this is too much for a first paragraph on the first page:
- white sheep
- green hills
- whiteness of the sheep
- greenness of the hills
- greyness of the skies
- silver-green olive groves
- black and brown goats
Sigh.
— Jul 06, 2018 04:27AM
- white sheep
- green hills
- whiteness of the sheep
- greenness of the hills
- greyness of the skies
- silver-green olive groves
- black and brown goats
Sigh.
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Karishma’s Previous Updates

Karishma
is on page 204 of 304
Two thirds in, and can't get a feel for the story or characters. Salma is supposed to be adjusting to her life, but she is so fractured. Can't empathise at all.
— Jul 10, 2018 01:19AM

Karishma
is on page 100 of 304
Finally starting to get a grip on the flipflopping timelines. Sometimes pronouns don't match the subjects, and there are still paragraphs in the middle that are utterly mystifying.
— Jul 08, 2018 08:33AM

Karishma
is on page 25 of 304
Feel guilty about being so hard on the book. It has a lot of sensory description, too much one can argue, but it isn't all bad. The shifting thought-like narrative is disconcerting though.
— Jul 06, 2018 12:06PM