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3.88 AVERAGE
3.88 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
informative
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Oof. This book was such a slog, portions of it I zipped through but I couldn’t really get into the stream of consciousness style prose quality that persisted through the book. I liked getting this bizarre magical realist view of the 30 years following India’s independence but I didn’t really care for the characters much, or Saleem’s narrative style
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
informative
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
emotional
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Interesting concept, but had to grasp sometimes. Took me a while to get into, there missed a few details.
adventurous
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Beautifully symbolic, the symbolism is out the wazoo, everything is a symbol!
Magical realism... love how it weaved itself into what drives the plot forward, and helps to connect the characters' actions with the history.
Magical realism... love how it weaved itself into what drives the plot forward, and helps to connect the characters' actions with the history.
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Sabkuch ticktock hai — I was thinking about writing a nuanced review of Midnight's Children, but this quoted line from the book itself does its job.
Beautiful, magical, intricate, metaphorical, elaborate, heart-breaking, compelling, fulfilling.
It definitely got better as I got used to his writing style.