Reviews

The Flea Palace by Elif Shafak

chimo's review against another edition

1.0

مملة
DNF

blueberrysubmarine's review

needs time and energy and its quite complex - maybe another time

ruthless's review against another edition

3.25

the general idea is good, but this book would have benefited greatly from being 200 pages shorter 

zelalshara's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

3.0

marthabethanreads's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

mo_is_a_moody_readerr's review against another edition

3.0

3

Whimsical.

Elif Shafak has the ability to crawl into the minds of wildly different characters and write from their headspace. Her writing was beautiful, captivating and her metaphors brought them to life.
However, it was pretty hard to read and really slow at times. The ending was anti-climatic and it was hard to keep up with the characters. I wanted to rush the book to finally see what happens.
Overall, a pretty great book, with charming characters and thought-provoking ideas,
but... a hit or miss.

marija_j3's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative inspiring relaxing

3.75

oxnard_montalvo's review against another edition

I've been trying to get into it since March and failed. I do still like her very much as a story teller, but this was too dense and slow to really engage me.

emselilly's review

3.0

Shafak's writing is great, stylish and clever, but I just couldn't get into the book because of the lack of plot, or even mini plots.

majarama's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0