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The Last Illusion (2014)

by Porochista Khakpour(Favorite Author)

3.66 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1620403048 (ISBN13: 9781620403044)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Bloomsbury USA

review 1: Salman Rushdie is a worthy muse, but a difficult one to duplicate. Plus, he's well and writing. Khakpour bites off far more than her chops can chew: Persian myth, feral children, American culture and 9/11. Some of the parts are truly fine. But it does not really add up. Besides, Zal turns out to be far more conventional than one would expect from a feral child. The point, perhaps. But not much of one.
review 2: More like 3.5 stars. The book started out strong, but lost me toward the end. The author tries to make a strong tie to 9/11 but it was too overblown and symbolic for me. The main characters, Zal and Asiya, are strange outcasts who find comfort in one another, and I liked that. I believe their relationship, but their circumstances and lives felt to... moreo strange and labored. An interesting read, but ultimately not satisfying. less

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