Reviews - Bůh maličkostí

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Bůh maličkostí

Michaela Lauschmannová, Arundhati Roy

3.94 AVERAGE

chandramukhi's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional sad fast-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: Complicated

A devastating read.

reggiewoods's review against another edition

4.75

dark medium-paced

hryanjones's review against another edition

3.0

It seems I've been reading a number of Indian authors recently and although I enjoyed this story, I felt it was too disjointed. Artistically, it jumps around in time a lot. Too much I think. I felt like the author was trying to make an important point, but the method was too circuitous. I did like this quote, essentially about mythology: "The secret of Great Stories is that they have no secrets. The Great Stories are the ones you have heard and want to hear again. The ones you can enter anywhere and inhabit comfortably. They don't deceive you with thrills and trick endings. They don't surprise you with the unforeseen. They are as familiar as the house you live in. Or the smell of your lover's skin. You know how they end, yet you listen as though you don't. In the way that you know that one day you will die, you live as though you won't. In the Great Stories you know who lives, who dies, who finds love, who doesn't. And yet you want to know again. That is their mystery and their magic."

howardbatey's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-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

A wonderfully written book, which strikes me as worthy winner of the Booker prize (particularly as I read it after finishing an unworthy winner of the prize). If I'm being entirely honest I felt there was one small narrative misstep late in the book which was (in my opinion) needless, but other than that and excellent novel.

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lou_loulou's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

morganne_t's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Super sad! The whole book seemed like every character was acting from grief, which creates very interesting decisions and events. Very good though and I appreciate how I had to slow down to get all of it. Though it was confusing at times, I appreciated all the temporal elements to the story. I do wish more had happened sooner, and some of the repeated phrases were a bit much. Enjoyed the book a lot though!!