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3.88 AVERAGE
3.88 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
reflective
Endlich fertig!
Die Geschichte ist eigentlich echt cool, aber der Schreibstil hat mich fertig gemacht. Es ist mir an vielen Stellen ganz schön anstrengend geworden, die Satzstruktur war in einigen Kapiteln einfach überkompliziert. Vielleicht liest es sich in einer anderen Sprache angenehmer als in der deutschen Übersetzung, aber ich glaub eher nicht. Den Schreibstil hat sich ja nicht erst die Person ausgedacht, die alles übersetzt hat.
Die Geschichte ist eigentlich echt cool, aber der Schreibstil hat mich fertig gemacht. Es ist mir an vielen Stellen ganz schön anstrengend geworden, die Satzstruktur war in einigen Kapiteln einfach überkompliziert. Vielleicht liest es sich in einer anderen Sprache angenehmer als in der deutschen Übersetzung, aber ich glaub eher nicht. Den Schreibstil hat sich ja nicht erst die Person ausgedacht, die alles übersetzt hat.
It's hard to know what to think of this book; processing it will take longer than reading it. The prose rips you up and carries you along - I didn't enjoy reading it, but felt compelled by the "race to the finish".
I wonder how much of it is context? I know less about India/Pakistan's origin than the book seems to assume of its reader, but then again, given the unreliability of the narrator...
I wonder how much of it is context? I know less about India/Pakistan's origin than the book seems to assume of its reader, but then again, given the unreliability of the narrator...
informative
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Loved the part abt the Midnights children, after that was a tad yawn.
I just realized I have never logged my all time favorite book. I remember struggling with the first 100 pages or so - persevere and you will be rewarded. This is the kind of book that I think about again and again. That rarely happens for me.
challenging
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
My first ever read from Rushdie, whose works I'd wanted to read for the most part of a decade and a half but hadn't quite got myself to get myself any of his books, and I'll admit, that the first 150-250 pages were, to me, really long, meandering, felt clickety - cackety, if one were to use Rushdies style of words, and made me wonder if this even is my cup of tea, and I did read several books (started around 10), and finished a few (six) in between this read of Midnights Children, and even though it took me only around two months, I feel like I've lived a whole life in between traversing through The pretext, the coming, and the journey of Saleem Sinai and 1001 special children.
this story weaves magical realism, combined with a sort of alternate telling of history or dare I say historical-fantasm/fantasy and weaves well with the protagonists highs and lows and range of emotions and experiences which at times he self-questions the veracity of.
So magical and unreal are these incidents that such an elaborate and cohesive yet disbanded style of storytelling seems to be a take of many things at first but weaves it all together in the last few chapters where-on it ascribes new meaning and you get to experience the fruit of all the tidbits that you wondered earlier why they were there in the first place.
I'm glad I persisted and completed this read and reached its masterful culmination and can safely say, I will be reading more of Rushdies works int he future.
this story weaves magical realism, combined with a sort of alternate telling of history or dare I say historical-fantasm/fantasy and weaves well with the protagonists highs and lows and range of emotions and experiences which at times he self-questions the veracity of.
So magical and unreal are these incidents that such an elaborate and cohesive yet disbanded style of storytelling seems to be a take of many things at first but weaves it all together in the last few chapters where-on it ascribes new meaning and you get to experience the fruit of all the tidbits that you wondered earlier why they were there in the first place.
I'm glad I persisted and completed this read and reached its masterful culmination and can safely say, I will be reading more of Rushdies works int he future.
adventurous
challenging
funny
informative
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes