For someone who's not familiar with Indian culture and (semi-shamefully) admits the only other Indian novel they've read is The Ground Beneath Her Feet (which is not even that "Indian"), I declare myself mesmerized. I think Roy captures the exotic essence of India as I have always imagined it (oh, I...
Nicely written. Except from the political overtone at few places, I liked the book and the story and how it goes from Past to Present and then again back.
I read this because I’d been intending to do so for several years now. I never really knew what it was about, but I had the impression that it was an example of literature that had filtered down to the masses, possibly because it won a prominent prize.My reaction to this book was fairly neutral. Her...
There is really not much I can say about this novel that hasn't already been said. Except, get use to the narrative voice; it's worth it.This book is wonderfully heart breaking beautiful.
I think this was another book that failed to live up to all the hype. It took a lot of effort for me to actually get through it, and I feel like it wasn't worth all that work. I'm not a fan of the writing style and I felt confused by some of the minor characters and basically the point of having the...
I first read this so long ago that I had almost completely forgotten the story. The beauty of the writing stuck with me. I'm struck by how much she can convey simply through capitalization.
Loved the richness of the prose, but like eating panforte, I could only manage very small slices at a time. And after about 70 pages, I realised I didn't care what happened to the characters. And besides, it was making my teeth rot.
I'd given up wondering why Rohinton Mistry is spot on, while this misses the mark. At breakfast today, however, I found out that Roy isn't a writer, she's a political activist. Everything is explained! And there I was thinking it was because she'd won the Booker Prize.
This is a wonderful, image rich novel told over several generations of a family in India. The central event is the death of a young girl, the daughter of an Indian man and an English woman, and how racism results in the death of an innocent for a crime that was never committed. The central character...
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