G Gilbert

The first book is good as long as u ignore some things just as much as the plot. I started reading it, beautiful characters, beautiful plot and description of places, all was going smoothly. Also liked the first person view. The second book was ok for and the third it was my DNF, and here is why: The things that bothered me is the lack of emotion or explanation of a situation, for ex: NOT SPECIFIC SPOILER BUT STILL Something happens to a person pretty close to Poppy, and that person gets hurt, the only thing Poppy does is screaming NOoo! That s all All the training and nothing 😂 And then she finds out the person dies, and nothing. Everything is raw like no emotion!!! After a week she s absolutely fine, no change in behaviour or ANY vigilance. Like she literally gets kidnapped every single time! And not only her but seems everyone around is like this. At book two and three the description of places went downhill and many times i lost myself trying to imagine. Also when there is a BATTLE??? Hello ? No description AGAIN? After one page it gets bloody - not described how and in the next gone, they won. Like… It makes no sense, absolutely no sense. Like u d write: they fought, got bloody they won😂😂 And one of the last things i DNF it at book 3 cause of an unnecessary scene in page 127 which made me loose interest…SPOILER… She s a 19 year old kid..but somehow end up being naked and seen by too many people…too much and from there i lost my concentration and i closed the book around page 140

Just like the Drunk Suleiman said : „ - If my friend, Hristos, would hear u, he d tell u to be careful of what u speak. He says not all words are matched to all the ears“ And neither did Shams or Elif Shafak cared to change cause it out of their control. As both, the book and Shams words, would only be understood as deep as people understand themselves. I loved it and compared to anything i read, i can t find myself to give it a note. The present is written in the past form, and the past is written in present form, the book itself finishes at 365 pages (in my translation) and i can t think of a more perfect time i could read it. Since the beginning, until the end i loved it. And to each person the message is different. To others it can be about friendship. To me it s about oneself and how connected is all from within itself and others around. It is beautifully and carefully written and I applaud the author for that. I d also love to come back to the book, when i get older. Because despite all I understood, i still believe i missed so many layers of meanings !!!!