A Thousand Nights

I did like this book a lot more than I did that other one. Perhaps it's presumptuous on my part but reading the reviews that rated this book very low seemed to utterly miss the point of it.

Many of the complaints come from dissatisfied readers that expected the same thrills from this than they do from the so called YA genre, but got an introspective thoughtful take of the story that dwelled very little on the things that made that other book so popular, instead.

Maybe those readers should go a little further than just how hot the love interest is or think more about the author's intent behind not giving names to her characters.

This book had promise. I liked the concept, however it fell flat for me. Very few things actually happened throughout the book, and when they did it felt like they were rushed. Most of this book took place with our main character sitting around being bored, missing her family, and trying to find things to occupy her time. This boredom definitely translated to my own feelings. Another thing, A Thousand Nights is a fantasy, so you expect a battle scene. What I didn't expect was that the battle scene would take place 90% of the way through, and only last ONE CHAPTER. The big fantasy battle scene lasted ONE CHAPTER. Talk about disappointment and feeling rushed. It didn't even feel like a battle, and was extremely anticlimactic. The premise was great, but the execution was definitely lacking and came across as rather rushed and boring.

This was just okay. Truly, it wasn't anything special in my opinion and was really confusing a lot of the time. It's a re-telling of A Thousand and One Nights but it was just weird. The story-telling had little to do with the novel, so I feel like it wasn't as much of a retelling as it could have been.I often found myself comparing this to [b:The Wrath and the Dawn 18798983 The Wrath and the Dawn (The Wrath and the Dawn, #1) Renee Ahdieh https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1417956963s/18798983.jpg 26724902], which I thought was much, much better. I didn't really care about the characters and I didn't really care about the plot.I will not be reading the sequel.

A Thousand Nights is a beautifully written, fairy-tale-like, loose retelling of One Thousand and One Nights that is also largely about the power of women who are undervalued and overlooked. I absolutely loved it.

9/10

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I loved this spin on the tale of Sheharizad, but it was lacking in something I just couldn't put my finger on. Still, I am very much looking forward to the next in the series - Spindle.

The book started out promising though I felt the writing was a bit stilted, like it was written by a non-English speaker or a translation. It read like an old folk tale which I assume was the intention. I started drifting half way through, though. I just didn't care about any of the characters and reading about her daily life was monotonous and boring. The battle also seemed forced, like the writer had to prove one more time that the protagonist was a Strong Female Character but I was rooting for the weird mist demon things if only to finally end the book.

Na verdade são 3,5...

Por quê?

Se está procurando uma releitura de As mil e uma noites , com o romance, as histórias que não cansamos de ouvir, um príncipe cruel, repleto de mistérios e charme inigualável que conquista suspiro nos pequenos atos, e uma arábia cheia de odaliscas e Aladdins... Get over it darling, this book is not for you.

O livro é muito agradável.
Comecei a ler segurando as 5 estrelas nas costas, só esperando terminar para então fazê-lo. MAS... digamos que coloquei MUITA expectativa em um começo muito bem estruturado, que dá oportunidade de sentir o deserto, a ligação da “heroína” (desabafoque não tem nome próprio, bem como 90% das personagens do livro, o que, infelizmente, achei um pouco perturbador; lembrando Morte e Vida Severina de certa maneira... Tipo, a autora se deu o trabalho de dar um título ao guarda-sal, por que não dar um nome as demais personagens?? Entendo que há uma ideia de conto, do mistico, de ser representar uma mulher como a força de todas, mas foi um pouco estranho se acostumar com isso, e acho que ainda não aconteceu realmente hehehehe. Enfim...) com sua família e suas razões para as atitudes que tomou.
Há um desenvolvimento gradual da personagem e a sua compreensão com os próprios poderes (um pouco rápido e natural demais ... mas superamos, e será superado mais facilmente se vestir a capa árabe-cultural-religiosa da licença poética), das relações das pessoas com a esposa que deveria estar morta há muito tempo, e então vemos as noites se passarem com um rei-demônio que........ não intimida? Histórias não contadas?
Ainda sim, a narração é envolvente (mesmo com diálogos um pouco subentendidos demais, parafraseados, um discurso mais “culto-formal” mas que não saíram nada Jane Austen, mas mais canhestros como G.R.R. Martin... os quais quero ter esperança da “culpa” se dar devido a tradução), e nos leva a querer saber quais atitudes ela tomará para fazer a diferença.
Com 86% de livro nada demais além de especulações acontecem. E, no modo mais de repente, em uma virada de página, o mundo acontece e se transforma e tudo faz e acontece. E eu fiquei com cara de “Okay... li tudo isso para se revolver tudo assim?” E na boa. Mesmo com ela dizendo que o moço está bem, como ela pode ter certeza? E a decisão de retornar ao qsar foi mais AHN? de todas. Não foi desenvolvida afinidade alguma entre eles e, a todo momento, a esposa-deusamenor apenas comenta o quão do deserto ela é, o quão diferente e casca grossa ela é para a cidade... E então afirma que se acostumou com a vida longe da tenda de seu pai. OI? Até eu que sou mais otária me acostumaria a sair da areia para o luxo.

Embora tudo isso, o ultimo capítulo de tudo, e o suspiro de um conto oferecido pela autora é muito bom e uma leitura agradável e rápida.

I had the privilege of reading an ARC of this book (in exchange for an honest review), and it emerged as one of my recent favorites. It features gorgeous world-building and vivid, well-developed depiction of scenery and culture. (I'm not at all surprised to find that the author has spent considerable time in the Middle East.) The characterization is wonderful, with a truly beautiful relationship between the sisters, who remain unnamed, but whose love for each other transforms the world.

I drank in the beautiful, concise prose and the taut pacing, and after I was done reading, my mind kept going back to the underlying themes: the power of storytelling; the power of choosing to sacrifice oneself for another, out of love; the power that can be claimed by women, even in societies where they are afforded little.

I got to read an ARC, but I pre-ordered another copy anyway. I want this book to succeed, and I want more books like it. This is the re-telling of Scheherazade that I've been longing to read.

Original de: El Extraño Gato del Cuento

El año pasado fue el año de los retelling de Las Mil y una Noches o de al menos novelas inspiradas en Oriente Medio. Pero, una cosa muy curiosa pasó con este libro, A Thousand Nights fue el ejemplo de lo que sucede cuando saturas el mercado con historias parecidas en un periodo de tiempo demasiado corto. El que siga después del primero, será siempre el que reciba las críticas. En este caso el hype uno de los libros por demás conocido, le causó una mala pasada a este libro.

Por eso, decidí leer este primero.

A THOUSAND NIGHTS

Soy amante de las historias sobre historias, cuando leí EREN quedé encantada. No leí Las Mil y una Noches, aunque siempre ha sido un libro que me ha tenido curiosa, mi problema es que es larguísimo jajaja Por lo que un retelling para mí era perfecto.

Lamentablemente A Thousand Nights no llego a impactarme tanto como esperaba. Su lectura para mí fue extremadamente tediosa, siendo la lectora vaga que soy, amante de los diálogos, leer párrafo tras párrafo largo, fue agotador.

Es triste porque es una historia interesante, solo que la manera estructurada en la que esta, me dejo insatisfecha.

Tengo la idea que si el libro hubiera sido narrado más por Lo-Melkiin, habría resultado más interesante. Porque nuestra narradora, de la cual nunca conocemos el nombre, no despertó gran curiosidad en mí.

Y, sí, nunca se llega a saber el nombre de la narradora. Y tampoco de casi ningún otro personaje, lo cual es sumamente confuso, se refería a algunos como “La Madre de Madre” o algo así. Si eres fácil de confundir como yo, te será difícil diferenciar quien es quien.

FANTASIA

Sin intentar ser cruel, lo mejor fue el twist del final. Me dejo con la boca abierta, literalmente. No voy a arruinarte el final, obviamente.

A Thousand Nights es un libro complicado de cogerle ritmo, no leí todavía el otro libro con el que comparan intensamente a este, así que no puedo decirte cual prefiero de los dos, pero no creo que sea el tipo de libro que salte a recomendar a todos.

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I received this ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
This book is quite different than the rest of those fantasy re-tellings or those historical fictions that try to cheat their way into readers' hands by promising a different experience when it never changed. This, however, is different. It is beautiful and gorgeous and makes one wonder what it would have been like, being the wife of Lo-Melkhin for a night (or more). I only wish that our main heroine had more character development. It seemed to be that she was this static character that didn't change much, ambition wise. However, this is not that important because the storytelling was that good. I can only hope for more books like this. This is true literature and it was quite a joy to read. Also, the blurb that is given with this book lies a bit. She doesn't really fall in love with the monster at all. Doesn't even come close to it.