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Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag

3 reviews

sindhubookstop19's review

reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book really reflected Indian middle class society. The bickering, the egotistical mindset of the elders. Really perfectly potrayed the minds of people who just earned a lupsum of money. Excellently and wittily written book. I urge everyone to once give it a chance

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying and Murder

potato_tomato's review

dark sad 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? It's complicated

0.5

Can't really recommend this. Unfortunately, I got this recommended to me.

Doesn't feel like I got anything in return for reading this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Murder, Sexism, and Sexual content

competencefantasy's review

challenging mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

 Another story about family, first person man

Malaise of course malaise. 

I am all set to be bored to tears 

So literary amiright?

Dosa, fraught, dosa

And curry, how cruel

These people hate each other, maybe

Do I like bitterness as a theme?

Money, money, money makes you poor or makes you rich

*Gets distracted remembering drummer boy specials*

(those had problems didn’t they?)

What does it mean to earn a living? 

What structures of dependency are acceptable?

Ambition, lack of ambition, spoiled, lazy, gendered probably...

Well that was actually pretty sweet

Must find out if that traditional marriage rep is considered good

Entanglement. ENTANGLEMENT

I am suddenly so into this?

Wait did they...

And then I’m rereading the last few pages because oh….OH.

Started for @translateathon finished later.

Other reviews/analysis I’ve read

Thehindu review 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Bullying and Emotional abuse