A review by baurnord
Flights by Olga Tokarczuk

slow-paced

3.5

I loved "Drive your plow over the bones of the dead" by Tokarczuk and I was excited to try a second book by the author. This book was challenging for me, the first half especially didn't grip me and I wasn't particularly pulled in by the characters or the plot. Tokarczuk is a very talented author who writes beautifully and communicates interesting philosophical thought through her novels which was clear in this book. However, without a central plot or characters to connect to it was hard to find a reason to keep reading. The second half picked up but it felt more like a philosophical manifesto than a novel. It's possible I am also not the main intended audience; anyone who feels like travel has a significant impact on their life may get more from this than I did. In the end, I think it was well written and worth reading but it wasn't very gripping and I wouldn't recommend it to most of my friends.