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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
This book is killing me. It may be better to read a physical copy rather than listen to the audiobook. There are so many plot lines that change so quickly, if your attention wanders, you find yourself frequently rewinding to determine how you got to the part you're listening to. (And yes, I ended a sentence with a prepositional phrase. I don't care.) Normally, I'll get through an audiobook in about 3-5 days. If the book's long, it can take up to 15 days. I started this thing back in April 2015 and I keep taking breaks for other, more interesting, audiobooks. I'm eventually going to finish listening to it because I've gotten this far - I want to find out what ultimately happens. But the idea of spending another 10 hours listening to this is incredibly disheartening.
Update: I've realized that I'm never going to finish this book - I literally don't want to spend any more of my life on this story. I'm throwing in the towel and calling it done at halfway through.
Update: I've realized that I'm never going to finish this book - I literally don't want to spend any more of my life on this story. I'm throwing in the towel and calling it done at halfway through.
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
adventurous
medium-paced
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I basically read this whole book because Jean in Bob's Burgers pretends Salman Rushdie wrote Chronicles of Narnia for a laugh and I thought that was gas
funny
reflective
slow-paced
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
[8.5/10] Very good. Reading this felt like listening to someone try to describe The Master and Margarita from memory after taking one shot too many. Reminds me SO MUCH of Vonnegut, down to the irreverence and nauseating-at-times obscenity. Masterful exploration of immigration & assimilation & metamorphosis & reincarnation & exile & belonging & so on and so forth.
I am so very glad that nearly everything that can be said about this book has been said by my appropriate, knowledgeable, and intelligent people than myself because I don't have a clue what to say on finishing this beyond absolutely loving it with the Sagar Arya narration being one of the greatest performances I've ever had the privilege of listening to!
Absolutely bloody marvellous.
I would be lying if I said I got all of it and didn't struggle a little with keeping track of everything, but this absolutely blew me away.
Just...wow!
Absolutely bloody marvellous.
I would be lying if I said I got all of it and didn't struggle a little with keeping track of everything, but this absolutely blew me away.
Just...wow!