Reviews

Crowd of Sorrows by Nahid Rachlin

jaclynday's review

3.0

Short and incisive. Enjoyed Zora’s inner dialogue and processing as she tries to navigate her world post-separation from her husband. The stark realism may be off-putting to some readers wanting more emotion from Zora, especially later in the book, but I appreciated the steady hand guiding me through the story without unwanted artifice.

jaclynday's review against another edition

3.0

Short and incisive. Enjoyed Zora’s inner dialogue and processing as she tries to navigate her world post-separation from her husband. The stark realism may be off-putting to some readers wanting more emotion from Zora, especially later in the book, but I appreciated the steady hand guiding me through the story without unwanted artifice.

dreamofbookspines's review against another edition

3.0

This is a sweet little blip of a book. Rachlin writes about the everyday. It's a locket-sized portrait of a woman rebuilding her life after a divorce. I kept thinking that this was sort of a less exciting version of Rear Window. That isn't meant to be a bad thing, I just mean it as a factual statement. This isn't my first choice kind of book, but this is beautifully written and deals with mundanities in a charming way.

seethella's review

3.0

Not bad but..

Story goes no where, no one evolves, nothing happens. Not sure what the point was at all. Odd ending place too