Pink Fiction Club

  Some time ago, I finished reading and writing a review for R.F. Kuang’s trilogy ‘The Poppy Wars’ where I have said that she is slowly becoming one of my favorite contemporary authors. There were not enough words to describe how much I loved her writing style, use of historical fiction, honest depictions of her characters and the unapologetic and unwavering criticism of war and human greed. One good thing about discovering her work quite some time after ‘The Poppy Wars’ have already been published is that I did not have to wait too long to get my hands on ‘Babel’. In fact, this was the first book I have decided to pre-order as I could not wait to read it. I must admit that I had really high expectations for this book and to my relief and absolute enjoyment, it not only met but exceeded them. ‘Babel’ follows the story of a young Chinese man, who is only introduced to the reader by his English name that he has to take-Robin Swift, who is taken under the wing of a rich Oxford profess...

 'The Satanic Verses' by Salman Rushie is probably one of the most controversial books published in the 20th century, causing the Iranian religious leader to issue a fatwa (death sentence) against Rushdie. Recently, a horrific attack was carried out against him, causing him injuries he is still recovering from.  I have known about this novel and the controversy surrounding it for years now, and it was on the TBR list ever since I read 'Midnights' Children' during my post colonial course at university. The recent attack that I and many others have seen as an attack on free speech made me finally purchase and read it. Oh boy, what an adventure that was! THIS REVIEW DOES CONTAIN SOME MAJOR SPOILERS! Standing at over 500 pages, filled with long sentences (some taking almost an entire paragraph), Rushie incredibly rich prose and a plethora of characters and their points of views as well as dream sequences, it was definitely so much to take in. Rushdie does not make readi...