Book Review : Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

By Murtaza Kuwarawala -
Title : Spinning Silver

Author : Naomi Novik

Genre : Fantasy

The book Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik has been one of my most sought after book since the time I saw it with a subscription box providing it to readers.. Tried really hard to get my hands on it then but it took me months before I could get my hands on this beauty. What I felt on reading the book is that the book was truly worth the wait and was one of the best books that I have read this year.

The book revolves around three women, Miryem, Wanda and Irunishka. Miryem who is a daughter of a Russian Moneylender who himself have fallen into debt owing to his failure in recollecting his money. Irunishka, daughter of a farmer who has borrowed money from Miryem's father and is now being forced to work for Miryem to clear the debts. Wanda, daughter of Duke who is forced to marry the Tsar in a turn of surprising events. Their lives gets entangled within one another with Miryem being forced to be the queen of the Winter King, Staryk and the Tsar being a conspirator of the Fire Demon. 

A classic retelling of Rumplestilskin, this book is very well written to hook the readers onto page after page. Though at times, you can expect what is to come next, the book does a really good job of intriguing the readers. The various perspectives and the shift between them is pretty seamless and it accustoms the readers pretty well. The book immediately jumps into action as soon as the story starts but still makes the readers understand through various means on the characters and the turmoils they each go through.


Pick up the book if you haven't yet. It's beautiful, it's magical and it's spectacular. Though I haven't read the earlier books of the author, this one has intrigued me to pick them up as well since they have been very well received and acclaimed.

My Rating - 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟/5

 Book in Few Words - It's beautiful, it's magical and it's spectacular

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