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3.6 AVERAGE
3.6 AVERAGE
“No one gets their life back.” No one ever gets it back. Life just runs away from you. It never comes back, however hard you try, however much you want it to. This is the lesson you should know. You have to adapt or die.”
From the moment this audiobook started I was intrigued & hooked. Ajay, one of our main characters, is found in in the drivers seat of an expensive vehicle that crashed and k1lled people. He is immediately sent to prison, where he absolutely wrecks some guys who try to hurt him, and the warden calls him in to say that they made a mistake, they didn’t know he was a “Wadia man”.
From there we visit Ajay’s past and we get to learn what being a “Wadia man” means, by going back in time to Ajay’s childhood, seeing his struggles and gradual upbringing, and then eventually we get to the moment he meets Sunny Wadia. Sunny is a hot shot crime boss son, and he changes the course of Ajay’s life forever.
We mostly have those two POVs, and also a young female journalist named Neda and we follow the three of their lives individually, and then all together and how they gradually intersect. This was what made me keep going in the book, and what I loved.
Ultimately, the story line took a turn. Too many characters introduced, too many side stories, and it became messy. This book could have just been about the three of them only and I would have given it 5 stars, but the author just added way too much. I believe it’s because this will be part of a trilogy.
All in all, this was a heart wrenching and dark tale of humanity vs power. This had romance, showed how absolute power absolutely does corrupt (especially families) and really transported me to India. This book gave me A Bronx Tale vibes, esp with Ajay and Sunny’s stories.
The writing was truly incredible, and I’d like to thank Libro FM for the ALC in exchange for my honest opinion. The narrator Vidish Athavale absolutely blew me away with his performance!
If you are in the mood for a thrilling & compelling family crime saga set in another country you may not be familiar with, I definitely recommend this book.
From the moment this audiobook started I was intrigued & hooked. Ajay, one of our main characters, is found in in the drivers seat of an expensive vehicle that crashed and k1lled people. He is immediately sent to prison, where he absolutely wrecks some guys who try to hurt him, and the warden calls him in to say that they made a mistake, they didn’t know he was a “Wadia man”.
From there we visit Ajay’s past and we get to learn what being a “Wadia man” means, by going back in time to Ajay’s childhood, seeing his struggles and gradual upbringing, and then eventually we get to the moment he meets Sunny Wadia. Sunny is a hot shot crime boss son, and he changes the course of Ajay’s life forever.
We mostly have those two POVs, and also a young female journalist named Neda and we follow the three of their lives individually, and then all together and how they gradually intersect. This was what made me keep going in the book, and what I loved.
Ultimately, the story line took a turn. Too many characters introduced, too many side stories, and it became messy. This book could have just been about the three of them only and I would have given it 5 stars, but the author just added way too much. I believe it’s because this will be part of a trilogy.
All in all, this was a heart wrenching and dark tale of humanity vs power. This had romance, showed how absolute power absolutely does corrupt (especially families) and really transported me to India. This book gave me A Bronx Tale vibes, esp with Ajay and Sunny’s stories.
The writing was truly incredible, and I’d like to thank Libro FM for the ALC in exchange for my honest opinion. The narrator Vidish Athavale absolutely blew me away with his performance!
If you are in the mood for a thrilling & compelling family crime saga set in another country you may not be familiar with, I definitely recommend this book.
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
First third/half were great but everything went sideways after a certain point. I could do with about 500 less mentions of characters drinking.
Epic indulgences of man ... laying waste to land, innocents, and women ... set in India.
Ugh, when will I learn not to believe the hype? The story started well but then went on 200 pages too long.
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I really enjoyed this gangster-esque / mobster type story, lots of twist and turns.
Age of Vice is very different from majority of the other books I read.
- I didn’t understand some of the words the author would casually throw in and there were too many to keep trying to look up
- writing style is not for me, very hard to understand. I honestly feel like it was poorly edited
- Ok this book could’ve been about 2-3 books
- I love the characters, Ajay, Neda, and Sunny. But I feel like Sunny’s story is very all over the place.
- The last 3rd of the book is very all over the place but it does reel you in.
Ugh I need to know what happens. It leaves off in the middle of everything, like a bad cliffhanger. I have a love/hate relationship with this book. I give it 3.5 stars.
- I didn’t understand some of the words the author would casually throw in and there were too many to keep trying to look up
- writing style is not for me, very hard to understand. I honestly feel like it was poorly edited
- Ok this book could’ve been about 2-3 books
- I love the characters, Ajay, Neda, and Sunny. But I feel like Sunny’s story is very all over the place.
- The last 3rd of the book is very all over the place but it does reel you in.
Ugh I need to know what happens. It leaves off in the middle of everything, like a bad cliffhanger. I have a love/hate relationship with this book. I give it 3.5 stars.
dark
slow-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:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
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
I'm struggling with my rating for this; while I enjoyed reading it, I wanted a more interesting ending. Ajay's point of view was by far the most interesting and I was hooked with that. But since most of his pov was first, the rest did feel flat, especially since much of Neda and Sunny's parts were repeated information told from their perspective. Sunny's pov is pointlessly boring, as is a whole monologue from a new, unknown character toward the end that almost made me fall asleep.... but the first part was SO GOODDD. I also wouldn't really call this a thriller, but who am I to say? I enjoyed it, I finished it, but I wanted more out of it. Is this allegedly going to be a trilogy?? Is each sequel going to be as neverendingly long???