Reviews

Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie

sereny's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

korl's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Absolutely beautiful book. The prose was insane and the metaphors?!?! 🤌🤌 

Padma is the audience self insert and she was sorely needed. "Just get on with it Saleem!" This is the type of book that begs you to just let go and follow along, and once I did that I really loved it. My only issue was that i had such high inertia to each reading session :(

Pickles and Jamila Singer were amazing metaphors for life & Pakistan. The conversations my bookclub had about this book were so wonderful 😊

alenavee's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective

5.0

rholzer's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

amykclaflin's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

ioutm's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

mephistoreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

daisygroves's review against another edition

challenging funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

lindyloureads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

spectracommunist's review against another edition

5.0

1981, Penguin 20: Great Books of the 20th Century - 6/20