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popefacekillah's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
tanninsandtales's review against another edition
4.0
Turns out that crap Rushdie is still quite good.
vanessar's review against another edition
2.0
This is not your usual kind of Salman Rushdie book. There are magic potions, conjurers, big stone frogs, gates onto other worlds and a fair few nutcases. The main character, an American Indian granted immortality and now wanting to get his death back, is kind of boring. The people he meets, especially Virgil, are mildly more interesting, but the book only really gets going around the middle section, when our hero, Flapping Eagle, is in the town and involved with other people. When he's struggling through various parallel dimensions in a bid to get to the all-powerful Grimus and argue his case for mortality, it gets bizarre and arbitrary and I turn off. But then, I'm not a sci-fi fan so it had its work cut out from the start.
mrears0_0's review against another edition
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
self indulgent
portlandcat's review against another edition
4.0
It took me a long time to get through this one - only for the die-hard Rushdie fans, I think.
cb613's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
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
3.5
numail4me's review against another edition
4.0
i'd go 5 if i understood more, but loved it anyway. this man has definitely taken some acid in his lifetime
oceanwader's review against another edition
5.0
One reviewer here recommended not reading, as an introduction to the author, this first novel by Salman Rushdie. I disagree. This was my first exposure to Rushdie's work. Not only was I immediately taken by the quality of his writing, but also by his imagination and creativity; and the fact that this was 'only' a first novel.
There were a couple of bits that were confused. However, they were insufficient for me to justify reducing star ranking to 4. Ergo, 5 it is.
There were a couple of bits that were confused. However, they were insufficient for me to justify reducing star ranking to 4. Ergo, 5 it is.