[hither-thither]

“The Enchantress of Florence” by Salman Rushdie

I have only finished one of Salman Rushdie’s novel and that was Shalimar, which was so packed with action and drama, However, I did not enjoy “Enchantress of Florence” as much as I did “Shalimar”. Reading the synopsis and of course knowing Salman Rushdie from Shalimar, I kept waiting throughout the book for good kicks and kinks, there were some indeed but it just didn’t come with enough ‘umph’ and surprise factor like in Shalimar, to me it felt monotonous and in a way like a text book.

I read somewhere that this novel was actually the one that he did most and longest research for and I can kind of tell, it felt more like a series of events, like a history book with sappy soap opera drama.

But no way will this stop me from reading more of Salman Rushdie’s novels. This book still shows his superpower of story telling.

I am still to go back to “Midnight’s Children” though - god knows when. Tough read that one – I think.