This is like a song by Celine Dion, there's absolutely talent, but I am not a fan of the content. There is too many allusions, which are hammered to death by the writer. Clever once or twice, but the number of times he swings the sledge hammer of the number 1001, just gets tiresome. Also the constant calling out of what would happen next and how the death or major change to a character is coming, might be in line with his Arabian Nights obsession (seriously find a new allegory, how many books is it now?) - it gets irritating.
Beautiful language, but it hides misogyny and racism, whether the authors or a "product of its time" - it's a veneer over ugly thoughts and petty.
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