Comments on: Review: The Last Illusion, Porochista Khakpour

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 21:43:29 +0000

This is interesting as I’m currently finding it slow going with a Vargas Llosa and fantasy in its many varieties is a favorite of mine. There’s just something about the characters that I find hard to grasp onto them enough to care. I can admire the fine writing but i put down the book and don’t come back to it.

By: Nish

Nish — Sun, 03 Aug 2014 17:55:48 +0000

Wow, I like the idea of this book, but I am afraid it might be too out there for me.

By: Athira

Athira — Sat, 02 Aug 2014 22:36:15 +0000

I’m the same – I can read magical realism born out of Arabic or Indian myths or stories but not the Latin American ones. Don’t know why either. Could be because I am Indian but I doubt it. People generally like stories from their home to be real and not magical. Anyways, this does sound like a book you will enjoy reading but maybe not retelling.

By: Andrew Blackman

Andrew Blackman — Sat, 02 Aug 2014 14:19:04 +0000

This review made me smile. I agree with Words for Worms – “pleasingly batshit” is definitely a keeper. In fact, I think Khakpour’s publishers should put it on the cover of the next edition. That’s a book I’d buy if I saw it in the bookshop.

By: Words for Worms

Words for Worms — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 01:39:22 +0000

This book sounds completely off-the-wall. Slow claps all around for your apt reaction, “this is pleasingly batshit, I will read more.”