tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432148709086067540.post713052647968052489..comments2023-10-06T12:13:11.702+02:00Comments on Telling Stories: The Hand of Fatima by Ildefonso Falcones | A history of a MoriscoSigridhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10025852728168452360noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432148709086067540.post-52124906461422655822016-07-27T13:16:32.442+02:002016-07-27T13:16:32.442+02:00Thank you for this review. I began reading this b...Thank you for this review. I began reading this book, but suspected what you have confirmed for me. <br /><br />I was interested in the historical notes that the fiction could provide, but the story could not keep me interested in Hernando, his relationship with his mother, his love story, or his ups and downs. These aspects of the story seem like additions contrived to make an unreasonable character likable. My opinion is they could have been better used to enlighten him in a way to unite Christians and Muslims, but instead became peripheral. Instead, Hernando seemed to have no reasoning skills to see that he was betraying the only people who showed him any hope, and craving approval from people who hated in unreasonably. For me, this was a frustrating element that made me question whether I could be bothered continuing to follow his story. <br /><br />I'm sure others will love it, for the very same reasons I didn't love it, such is the nature of human experience. The author is very talented, and possibly a kindlier and more patient person than me. I will look for his other titles.<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com