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A review by gueebuni
Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi
1.0
Confusing, boring, and too convoluted, but somehow saved itself somewhere in the middle. I found myself drawn to one of the characters, Abdallah, and eventually grew a liking to Khalid as well - so I found it a shame he wasn’t featured as much.
The amount of characters and the jump from past to present so often is what weighs the book down. It feels like watching more of a show than following a steady plot, and there was no satisfying ending.
However, I do feel as though the translation fell flat and doesn’t do it justice - so I’m willing to read it in Arabic and hope that there’s a bit of a difference in quality.
The amount of characters and the jump from past to present so often is what weighs the book down. It feels like watching more of a show than following a steady plot, and there was no satisfying ending.
However, I do feel as though the translation fell flat and doesn’t do it justice - so I’m willing to read it in Arabic and hope that there’s a bit of a difference in quality.