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3.6 AVERAGE
3.6 AVERAGE
i really believed in my heart this book would NEVER END. i am so glad i made it. it was so dense. it was loaded with so many things i feel like i am took dumb to comprehend, references i did not understand. it was well written and mildly interesting. i'm just so happy its over. maybe my reading slump is finally done.
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:
No
I had a hard time getting into the story but then I really liked it. All the hints to modern society and so on. Really a good read for our times
Despite laughing out loud more than I have with any other book, dnf. Do people HAVE to be weird to be interesting? I don't think so...
The day after the November 2016 election, the entire world was left grappling with the unlikely victory of the Orange One. To this day, it’s an event too painful to reminisce to some (including me). Whenever we feel a certain disappointment or heartbreak, we are known to have an automatic response – a knee jerk reaction. We’re either overcome – so much so that we can’t function, or we get up. Fight like we’ve never fought before.
For Salman Rushdie, this book was his response. Some of his critics expressed their disappointment as his 13th novel came off as a string of ramblings and rants about the state of America as we speak. To him, however, this was a novel set in a world gone insane. So everything was grandiose, over exaggerated, but wholly apropos.
The synopsis defies the entirety of the novel. In fact, I can’t begin to start giving you a little rundown if only to hook you in so you may traverse the novel the way I reluctantly did at first. For me, Rushdie is a road not travelled. I have no idea what was in store for me, so I approached this book with great trepidation. It didn’t take long until I’m in its grip, however. All I could think about while the story was unfolding was how Shakespearean or Greek-ly tragic it was. When you have all the riches in the world but the world spits you out lifeless and bloody in response.
The Golden House was a novelty to me. The writing, the structure, the characters, and the way the present America is juxtaposed to the story of this fabulously wealthy family is something I’ve never experienced before. The barebones is really all about the Golden’s. On the run from his past, Nero Golden decided to reinvent his family’s identity. Nobody is allowed to know from which country they came, or the past that acts as a darkness that was always looming in the periphery of the story.
Flushed with millions, the sons were free to do as they pleased to some extent. Regardless of the freedom that was available to them, the patriarch still has the last word. For years, life was, as it seemed – that is, until a much younger Russian beauty captured Nero’s attention and changed the dynamics of the family.
My foray into Rushdie’s writing was generally refreshing, though rocky at times. Still, I found myself completely immersed in his writing, his flawed characters, and the events unfolding before me. I think it’s time to start building my personal Rushdie library.
For Salman Rushdie, this book was his response. Some of his critics expressed their disappointment as his 13th novel came off as a string of ramblings and rants about the state of America as we speak. To him, however, this was a novel set in a world gone insane. So everything was grandiose, over exaggerated, but wholly apropos.
The synopsis defies the entirety of the novel. In fact, I can’t begin to start giving you a little rundown if only to hook you in so you may traverse the novel the way I reluctantly did at first. For me, Rushdie is a road not travelled. I have no idea what was in store for me, so I approached this book with great trepidation. It didn’t take long until I’m in its grip, however. All I could think about while the story was unfolding was how Shakespearean or Greek-ly tragic it was. When you have all the riches in the world but the world spits you out lifeless and bloody in response.
The Golden House was a novelty to me. The writing, the structure, the characters, and the way the present America is juxtaposed to the story of this fabulously wealthy family is something I’ve never experienced before. The barebones is really all about the Golden’s. On the run from his past, Nero Golden decided to reinvent his family’s identity. Nobody is allowed to know from which country they came, or the past that acts as a darkness that was always looming in the periphery of the story.
Flushed with millions, the sons were free to do as they pleased to some extent. Regardless of the freedom that was available to them, the patriarch still has the last word. For years, life was, as it seemed – that is, until a much younger Russian beauty captured Nero’s attention and changed the dynamics of the family.
My foray into Rushdie’s writing was generally refreshing, though rocky at times. Still, I found myself completely immersed in his writing, his flawed characters, and the events unfolding before me. I think it’s time to start building my personal Rushdie library.
Fantastic! Less a plotty novel than it was a chronological experience, I was riveted from the out. The Golden men traveling from an unnamed country, the house they created, the community that blossomed around them, the experiences of the 3 sons, it was all so natural and believable, and I found the writing was almost...casually fantastic. SR is a damn good writer in full possession of his faculties and abilities.
I enjoyed the stuff about Trump without having to say Trump--Trump as the Joker worked really well. His rants--and they could be described as nothing else--about Trump, Gender, Cultural sensitivities all rang true.
And a fantastic and plausible conclusion. Love this book!
I want a list of all the films discussed in the book. I heard the audiobook so I didn't have a chance to jot them all down. I'd heard of some, the Bunuel ones I knew, but a lot of the Indian films I did not.
I found the stuff of the guardianship of the child a little unbelievable since HE WAS HIS DAD. You don't have to be afraid of a restraining order, you petition the court, you take a paternity test, you prove you're the father, and you get placement. Yeesh!
I enjoyed the stuff about Trump without having to say Trump--Trump as the Joker worked really well. His rants--and they could be described as nothing else--about Trump, Gender, Cultural sensitivities all rang true.
And a fantastic and plausible conclusion. Love this book!
I want a list of all the films discussed in the book. I heard the audiobook so I didn't have a chance to jot them all down. I'd heard of some, the Bunuel ones I knew, but a lot of the Indian films I did not.
I found the stuff of the guardianship of the child a little unbelievable since HE WAS HIS DAD. You don't have to be afraid of a restraining order, you petition the court, you take a paternity test, you prove you're the father, and you get placement. Yeesh!
I really enjoyed this. Clever plot and subplots, and an incredible amount of references to literature and movies. One of my favorite images is Donald Trump as the Joker.
I don’t believe in René as a young man - his voice seems like the voice of the author as I know it from other books by him. But I don’t actually mind, because I like that voice.
I don’t believe in René as a young man - his voice seems like the voice of the author as I know it from other books by him. But I don’t actually mind, because I like that voice.
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
«e imparai la lezione definitiva, il cui apprendimento ci separa dall'innocenza: non esistono spazi sicuri, e il mostro è sempre alle porte, e una parte del mostro vive anche dentro di noi, e noi stessi siamo i mostri che abbiamo sempre temuto e, quale che sia la bellezza che ci ammanta, per quanto fortunati si sia stati nella vita, sul piano economico o familiare, per quanto talento o amore si possa avere avuto, in fondo alla strada il fuoco arde, e ci consumerà tutti.»