The Golem and the Jinni

The Golem and the Jinni

2013

Ratings185

Average rating4.2

15

This was great! It's a bit slow for the first 30% of the book but I didn't mind because we get backstory and the daily lives of our titular Golem and Jinni as they try to fit into human society. The story really starts to pick up after the two main characters meet. There are several different perspectives and all the characters we follow in those chapters play an important role in the larger story so I was never confused or feeling like certain viewpoints were meaningless. I loved the intermixing of both Arabic and Jewish mythology and felt like I was learning some interesting things. I wouldn't call this first installment a love story because there is very little romance in this book, but I think the second novel is going to focus more on the relationship between Chava and Ahmad.

February 21, 2023