Arabesques: A Novel | 
bailedReading this was like taking a stroll down a meandering garden path, only for it to eventually dawn on me that I was lost in a hedge maze. A series of run-on sentences as intricate as lacewok strung back to back to back, I was never able to fully ground myself in the narrative. Maybe I just wasn't in the right headspace for this one, and maybe I should have expected something of the sort given the book's title, but regardless, I give up. 🏳️
LiteraryinLawrence Sorry this didn‘t work for you, but I love your review! 8mo
The_Penniless_Author @LiteraryinLawrence Thanks. It always feels wrong giving bad reviews to good writers, but as much as I liked some of the turns of phrase and descriptive language in this one I just couldn't stay focused. It felt like a burden picking it up each time. I often enjoy sprawling, loose narratives (The Hive, for instance) but this one didn't do it for me. 8mo
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