![]() ![]() This description makes the book sound like more of a pure fantasy than it is. ![]() The jinni ends up in New York City when he is accidentally released after spending what seems like an eternity in an old copper flask, where he was imprisoned by a rival Bedouin wizard. Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay by an elderly and mysterious man who lives in the forest her master is a single man heading to a new life in America. The Golem and the Jinni tells the story of the two supernatural creatures of the title who find themselves not in Danzig, Germany and the Syrian desert where they were created but in 1899 New York City. I wish I were reading it right now, rather than writing about it. I loved every minute of it and didn’t want it to end. Helene Wecker’s The Golem and the Jinni is just that sort of book. They cast a spell on you, transport you to another time and place, and introduce you to characters and situations you would otherwise never experience. And then there are the books you love, both while you’re reading them and when you’re finished. Some books you simply enjoy because they’re fast, fun reads. ![]() There are some books you struggle with but respect and even admire for the challenge and rewards they present. ![]()
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