It’s simultaneously their separate stories and their intertwining ones. One of the things that impressed me (aside from her melding historical details with fantasy) is she managed to have both the Golem and the Jinni grow in their respective ways. The sturdiness of the Golem and her need to fill desire, the flightiness of the Jinni. Wecker’s writing is lyrical and magical, and she captures the essence of not only her human characters, but the fantastical ones as well. I will tell you this: it’s a fantastic debut novel. I loved not knowing what was going to happen next, discovering connections and twists and turns as they came. Everything else in the story was a mystery left to unfold. And that the main characters were a golem - Jewish mysticism - and a jinni - Arabic mythology. All I knew about it, going in, was that it was turn-of-the-century New York City immigrants. I have sat here for a good while, trying to figure out how to start this off.
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