This is my first book by Salman Rushdie and overall I really enjoyed it. It's styled as a sort of modern recounting of a (fictional) ancient Indian epic poem about the rise and fall of a city grown from magic seeds created by a young woman who gains a god's powers after witnessing injustice. The story is poignant and beautiful but also really funny in places. I docked a star because I felt like some of the gender related magic in the middle section wasn't that well executed but overall I would absolutely recommend.