Initiation is a strange book. A novel set as an autobiography of a bodhisattva, it hits all points of the readability spectrum. Initiation is engaging and witty when dealing with the character as a child but stilted, flat, and preachy once the character becomes an adult.

It is sad that this was Haich’s only work of fiction. This novel shows that she has potential. Writers aren’t supposed to reach their potential with their first novel. Unfortunately, Initiation was published six years after her death.

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