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The Blood of Flowers: A Novel - Community Reviews back

by Anita Amirrezvani
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Bambbles Rambles
Bambbles Rambles rated it 11 years ago
What I liked most about this book were the myth-like stories interwoven within the prose. A well researched look into the live of a girl's journey to adulthood in the 17th century. I loved any scene when she was making a rug, her true passion which is withheld from her due to her gender. Through man...
Telynor's Library, and then some
Telynor's Library, and then some rated it 11 years ago
A moderately good, but not great, historical novel set in 17th century Persia. The narrator (who is never named) is just fifteen when the story starts, her hands clever at making rugs, and struggling to learn how to dye and design them. But when her father dies, she goes to the city of Isfahan with ...
snoylna
snoylna rated it 12 years ago
Lazily-written prose; one-dimensional characters. This was a huge disappointment.
Caffeine Reviews
Caffeine Reviews rated it 12 years ago
I believe this maybe the first novel I've ever read where the protagonist is not given a name, at the end of the audio book was an interview with the author and she explains why she did it and I totally agree with her reasoning.Our story follows a young girl born in 17th century Persia (Iran) who's ...
lisa's reviews
lisa's reviews rated it 12 years ago
A beautiful book that explained a lot about Middle Eastern culture to me.
Chrissie's Books
Chrissie's Books rated it 13 years ago
Anita Amirrezvani has in this novel of historical fiction told of life during the reign of Shah Abbas the Great of Persia. It is thoroughly engaging. It accomplishes what the best historical fiction can do; enveloping the readers in a foreign time and place, teaching about a culture, not just the d...
The Drift Of Things
The Drift Of Things rated it 15 years ago
3 1/2 starsThis story takes place in the 1620s in Isfahan, Persia (Iran). After her father's death, a teenage girl (never named) and her mother travel from their small village to Isfahan to live with a relative. They are mostly treated like household slaves/servants, but the girl manages to gain s...
Vera
Vera rated it 16 years ago
Engaging page turner with some beautiful imagery and interesting characters.
Blodeuedd
Blodeuedd rated it 16 years ago
Anita Amirrezvani has a way of writing, and I am captured by the book, and the girl with no name. But I do think the sex scenes were a little too many, and they made me dislike the girl. I have read other books with girls who fall so suddenly for someone in that way, and I never did like it. Other t...
misfitandmom
misfitandmom rated it 17 years ago
The Blood of Flowers is the story of a young girl (never named) in 17C Persia whose father dies unexpectedly and left destitute. She and her mother are forced to seek shelter from her uncle, a wealthy rug maker in the city of Isfahan. Despite their status in the household as nothing better than serv...
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