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Average rating4
This makes a readable and congenial story, and the setting is imaginative.Compared with the preceding story, [b:A Dead Djinn in Cairo 52870132 A Dead Djinn in Cairo (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.1) P. Djèlí Clark https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1567960292l/52870132.SX50_SY75.jpg 49993780], the plot is somewhat more restrained, and I like it a bit better, although it doesn't enthrall me. The writing, world-building, and characterization remain good.This time we have a pair of new leading characters, both men. Fatma el-Sha'arawi, heroine of the preceding story, is still present, but makes only a cameo appearance: this case is not hers.I would recommend reading these stories in the order in which they were published: starting with [b:A Dead Djinn in Cairo 52870132 A Dead Djinn in Cairo (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.1) P. Djèlí Clark https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1567960292l/52870132.SX50_SY75.jpg 49993780]. It's not strictly necessary, because the stories are not linked, but I think they work better in the correct order.