A review by emilyusuallyreading
The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani
4.0
What I Liked
Anita Amirrezvani is a beautiful wordsmith. Her sentences and stories held me captive. What a lovely piece of historical fiction.
I learned so much about 17th century Persia and the history of the beautiful Persian carpets that I've seen and admired. I also love that Amirrezvani chose to leave her narrator nameless, to honor those artisans who created such rugs and did not sign their work.
What I Didn't Like
There were some erotic scenes in this book. Too explicit for my taste and frequent enough to cause me to hesitate to recommend this novel to my friends and family.
Anita Amirrezvani is a beautiful wordsmith. Her sentences and stories held me captive. What a lovely piece of historical fiction.
I learned so much about 17th century Persia and the history of the beautiful Persian carpets that I've seen and admired. I also love that Amirrezvani chose to leave her narrator nameless, to honor those artisans who created such rugs and did not sign their work.
What I Didn't Like
There were some erotic scenes in this book. Too explicit for my taste and frequent enough to cause me to hesitate to recommend this novel to my friends and family.