A review by eleanor_rose22
Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This was a rly interesting and original read! I love the deep dive into what is The Past and the fragility of memory, the danger of rose-tinted nostalgia and how the personal so easily becomes the political. I thought it was so fascinating how our narrator becomes increasingly unreliable

the division between him and Gaustine fragmenting as the chapters do

, as the past, present and future become enveloped in one another. Lost its momentum in the middle I think and became a bit of a slog, I understand it’s meant to be fragmentary and confusing, you’re not sure what is literal or metaphorical, but at times I was like ?? Ok? I wish he had stuck to the premise of the first act rather than expanded it so wildly. But otherwise rly unique and cool - “postmodern absurdist satire on the current state of Europe” puts it well