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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
One of the best books I have ever read. I spend the last 40 pages in tears. I can't believe how beautiful the writing was. I learned so much about the Parsi community of Mumbai. This book is for my book group that I lead and I can't wait to discuss it. This is a book you want to read slowly and savor every sentence. Beautiful!
Family is such a complicated thing - everyone is messed up in their own way. That's part of what makes them beautiful, right? This was pretty good - I read it a while ago so I don't remember much about it, but I remember liking it.
I am so glad I finally got to this book. I have read and enjoyed Rohinton Mistry's other works so I thought I would enjoy this but as it's so long I was still hesitant.
This wasn't my favourite of his books but I still really liked it. Plot was, this book was a bit lacking especially considering how long this book was. However, the writing was so compelling and the characters so well developed and fleshed out that this book didn't feel as long as it did.
Starting out, I wasn't the biggest fan of this book and was worried I wasn't going to like it but I really enjoyed it. Once I got into it though I just flew through it and I was so invested in the lives of these characters.
As always with this author's books, it was nice learning more about the Parsi community in India and getting a closer look at Bombay. This book was quite sad at parts as I expected, but it wasn't quite as sad as A Fine Balance, which remains my favourite of his works.
I don't know if this book is for everyone so I wouldn't give an overall recommendation, but if it seems interesting then I would say check it out.
This wasn't my favourite of his books but I still really liked it. Plot was, this book was a bit lacking especially considering how long this book was. However, the writing was so compelling and the characters so well developed and fleshed out that this book didn't feel as long as it did.
Starting out, I wasn't the biggest fan of this book and was worried I wasn't going to like it but I really enjoyed it. Once I got into it though I just flew through it and I was so invested in the lives of these characters.
As always with this author's books, it was nice learning more about the Parsi community in India and getting a closer look at Bombay. This book was quite sad at parts as I expected, but it wasn't quite as sad as A Fine Balance, which remains my favourite of his works.
I don't know if this book is for everyone so I wouldn't give an overall recommendation, but if it seems interesting then I would say check it out.
This book provides terrific insight into Indian culture but still resonates as the story of a family dealing with the responsibility for caring for an ailing father. Nariman falls and breaks his ankle and is forced by his scheming stepchildren to move into a tiny apartment in Mumbai with his daughter, Roxanne, and her husband and two children.
Poignant. Sometimes a tad too dramatic but that can be forgiven. Some of the characters are so real you can reach out and touch them.
Good but not for everyone. Starts slow, sucked me in but then fell apart a bit.
Rohinton Mistry writes beautifully. I loved A Fine Balance and was eager to read more of his work. This story is quite slow paced and full of details that might resonate with some readers but didn’t mean a great deal to me. I wanted to enjoy this book more than I did.
When will Rohinton Mistry publish a new book?
Anyway if this is his swansong, it's an amazing one.
Basically it's about a family who have to take care of their aging grandfather. In the middle the reader finds out the family dynamics and how the grandfather affects family routine.
Heartwarming, a tiny bit gross, funny and a bit melancholic. Everyone should read this!
Anyway if this is his swansong, it's an amazing one.
Basically it's about a family who have to take care of their aging grandfather. In the middle the reader finds out the family dynamics and how the grandfather affects family routine.
Heartwarming, a tiny bit gross, funny and a bit melancholic. Everyone should read this!