Kate Allen Allen itibaren Lubiaszów, Puola itibaren Lubiaszów, Puola

Some frustrating moments, but a lot of lingering questions answered and a good ending! P.S. I am convinced that Luce is an angel; who's with me? Can't wait for Rapture to come out, sad that the series is coming to an end but so excited to see how they end it, until then I'll just have to be content with reading Fallen in Love; I think one of the best things that authors can dow itha series is give us novellas with backstories of characters or give us "extra" books that give more insight into the characters that we're reading about!

The main value of Gilgamesh is the experience of the oldest surviving example of epic fiction, the literary analogue of visiting Stonehenge. Sure, Gilgamesh's journey offers us an adventure yarn in a mythological setting, as well as a (diffuse) parable about growth and maturity. But the real reason to read the story is to be awash in a sense of wonderment and awe at the prospect of touching minds with a storytelling culture across the span of 3700 years. It's sad then that this edition has been sullied by a translator who apparently viewed this work as his pulpit for expressing opinion about current events. There is something incredibly petty about insinuating political commentary into a context where it doesn't belong, and the offense in this case is magnified by the historical pedigree of the forum. One one think that the author could find a better place for complaining about the Iraqi war than a historical document clocking in a thousand years before the Iliad was written. All that said, it makes for an interesting read. The story reads like, well, mythology. It's episodic and somewhat disjoint, written from a bird's eye-perspective where supernatural events are described briefly and as a manner of course. You won't get into the heads of the characters, as you would in a contemporary novel. But it's fascinating to put yourself in the mindset of the storyteller, and to get a climpse of ancient Mesapotamia, indirectly through a product of its culture. If you're stuck with this translation, skip the author's 66 (!) page introduction and jump into the story, perhaps getting a bit of context from Wikipedia or the reference source of your choice. Otherwise, I'd recommend keeping an eye out for another interpretation of this work.