Weaving realism and magic (we just wanted more magic ) ). Overall though we thought the author did a great job of It was originally planned to be historical fiction. Learned that the author originally wrote this story without any mythological characters Chained by the spell that captured him hundreds of years ago, he can no longer take his true jinni form.
Lot of research about the time period and we all learned a lot about New York in 1899, we just weren't expecting to! We were thinking the story would use more of the Arab and Jewish cultural inspiration from where the Jinni and Golem originate from. The jinni, now named Ahmad, has trouble living by the strict rules that govern human form. Realism elements in the book seemed to outweigh the magical elements and some of our members mentioned they would have liked to be swept us away a little more to a different world. We liked how realistic all the characters seemed, even the magical Jinni and golem which made us feel as if they could possibly exist. We enjoyed ALL the characters, not just the main ones, they all played an important role and sometimes carried the story themselves.
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