The Bastard of Istanbul - Eli Shafak

 It was the title that was the first draw. Eli Shafak was the second. The blurb was the ratification.
The first twenty or maybe even  thirty pages charmed me. I liked the characters , enjoyed the rebellion, the anarchy and  then- the book lost me.  Everything seemed pointless and the story seemed to go off and try and be many things and the whole thing keeping it together was this horrible secret in the family's past.

I don't know- all  I felt was a disappointment. Especially since I love Istanbul and I had liked the characters, at least in the beginning.