The greatest strength of...Aysegül Savas is that she writes so well about homesickness ... Leaves us squirming in discomfort and sympathy ... Well rendered ... The story’s skill...lies in its subtlety.
Long Distance didn't dissapoint ... Notions of the Sacred is another banger ... As I carried on through the 13 stories...my enthusiasm was dampened by a lack of diversity among the characters and their backdrops ... In places Savas struggles to make one story’s protagonist distinct from another ... I wondered whether Savas might be something of a one-trick pony ... Still, for young readers with foreign sweethearts and a taste for travel...this will do the job. If only all the stories were as fab as the first few.
The characters may be vulnerable, but they are never overwrought, a balancing act Savaş executes flawlessly. As she makes clear, navigating adulthood with an added sense of rootlessness is not easy, especially in today’s world.
