I lost interest around about page 300 (of 550). It seemed that all the important stories were told by then, both the legends and the overarching main tale. And yet, in came nee family members (o my goodness, so many family members), another Djinn, another monster, another army, another city, another woman.
The myths and legends were nice, at the start of the book, and the early family history was interesting and had some great characters. Grandfather, uncle Jihad, Lina. Unfortunately most died, disappeared or became bland long before the end of the book. The myths start meandering by then and lose all structure and storyline, turning into “and then, and then, and then”-stories.
So, this book would have been good if had been about 200 pages shorter, great if it had told just a few stories less. As it stands, I was happy to finally finish it.