by Helene Wecker My expectations of this story might have been a little inflated because I kept hearing how good it was, and I did enjoy it, but I didn't love it as much as I expected to. It was a good story and culturally interesting, but I just didn't connect with any of the characters. Of all o...
This is amazing writing. I have never read a story quite like it. It brings so much in to question, beliefs, faiths, religions, etc. It takes place during a time when people had to go between Europe and America by ship and women didn't go around unchaperoned. It mostly has a realistic feel with ...
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker is the story of two mythological characters who find that they are more alike than different and who find acceptance in each other. Within this structure, this book can be read at so many different levels and interpreted for so many different themes – fantasy...
I listened to this one on audio and it was amazing. The narrator George Guidall totally nailed it. Couldn’t have picked a better person to do the audio for this one. The story itself was excellent and had a real Gaiman-esque feel to it. The characters were superbly drawn and there was plenty of back...
The beginning was good. The end had me on the edge of my seat. The middle was a sludge-fest. I almost gave up. I'm kind of glad I didn't. Maybe I'll have more to say later, after I've digested the book a little.
First off, I read this book during a reading slump which I feel like may have impacted my enjoyment and rating of this book. This book is the story of a Golem and a Jinni in New York in 1899. Chava, the Golem, can hear the desires of others and has to find her way in the lower east side while deal...
A very enjoyable and easy-to-read story that combines historic fiction, fantasy, magic, mysticism and religion.It's obvious that much research was involved in crafting this story, and as a reader, I too learned much about history and Jewish and Middle-Eastern lore.
This is one of those books that immediately brings to mind a list of people I want to recommend it to. It's so well written that even when I didn't find myself in the mood to pick the book up I'd find myself reading more pages than my goal. It is masterfully crafted. The descriptions really capture ...
A very unique world. However, despite what I said earlier, about how the author managed to tell so much backstory without it being boring... You can only do that to so many characters back to back before it becomes a bit irksome. This book definitely tested my limits. It seemed like every time I sta...
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