The Dervish House

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Published by Brilliance Audio.

ISBN:
978-1-4558-8348-6
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2 stars (1 review)

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Review of 'Dervish House' on 'Storygraph'

2 stars

The book is set in Istanbul, Turkey. It makes a big deal out of this. Despite being set in the future, the history of Istanbul and of each of the protagonists is gone over in every chapter, in intersecting parts.

As a literary device, it helps ground the section in the worldview and mentality of the speaker -- as a plot device, it drags the plot down every other page, to the point where I would forget who was a current character and who showed up in the past as history. Imagine if you were watching a TV show where every time you changed a scene, you'd be treated to a five minute flashback. One of the protagonists, Cam, is 9 years old, and I would breathe a sigh of relief every time he started narrating simply because he was the only character completely grounded in the here and now. …