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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
emotional
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:
Yes
'The God of Small Things' is the sad history of an Indian Christian family in a small village in Kerala, Southwest India. Roy's story is deeply tragic, her characters are bound by fate like players in ancient Greek tragedies, and the interplay of their conflicting characters lead irreversibly to the book's dramatic climax.
However, the author doesn't tell her tale chronologically, but goes back and forth in time, sometimes within a few sentences, slowly circling around the main dramatic event, and cautiously unfolding its multiple aspects, causes and consequences. She does so in the most beautiful sentences, drenched with sharply observed details. Roy paints sceneries, smells, characters, emotions; never with too many words, but very often with sentences one wants to read over and over again. 'The God of Small Things' is, indeed, a masterpiece.
However, the author doesn't tell her tale chronologically, but goes back and forth in time, sometimes within a few sentences, slowly circling around the main dramatic event, and cautiously unfolding its multiple aspects, causes and consequences. She does so in the most beautiful sentences, drenched with sharply observed details. Roy paints sceneries, smells, characters, emotions; never with too many words, but very often with sentences one wants to read over and over again. 'The God of Small Things' is, indeed, a masterpiece.
challenging
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I savored every single word of this book. A literary masterpiece and a deeply moving story.
emotional
funny
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A tedious read, the story felt all over the place.
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
It’s really painfully slow, a lot of the time i skimmed through.
Some of it i loved, some of it i loathe.
I really love the last part tho.
It’s so slow it’s hard to read it again once you put it down, but once you start reading you can’t put it down in a way BUT it’s so slow i can’t keep up lol that doesn’t make any sense i know.
Also death to baby kochamma!!!
Some of it i loved, some of it i loathe.
I really love the last part tho.
It’s so slow it’s hard to read it again once you put it down, but once you start reading you can’t put it down in a way BUT it’s so slow i can’t keep up lol that doesn’t make any sense i know.
Also death to baby kochamma!!!
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I finished The God of Small things yesterday and unfortunatly it was a 2 star read for me. I didn't hate it, but the pacing felt slow to me and the timeline was all over the place.
Not unhappy I read it, but a bit bummed I couldn't love it like so many others did
Not unhappy I read it, but a bit bummed I couldn't love it like so many others did