A review by flyingfox02
The Most Secret Memory of Men by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr

Did not finish book. Stopped at 14%.

This book has been compared to the wonderful, magical The Shadow of The Wind, so I was riding on that extremely high expectation coming into this. Unfortunately I have not seen enough of that, and I'm not very intrigued about the plot (it's a slow development) or themes to enjoy the book as it is. The writing is poetic but it's also indulgent and dense at times. I'm just not in the right headspace to continue with this book right now, and my other CRs are a lot easier to digest and enjoy anyway. I might come back to it in the future, I might not.