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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
if i had a nickel for every time this month i read a book in the collins modern classics series where
Spoiler
two siblings slept together, i'd have two nickels.... which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice!
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Bold and brutally honest. Goes into the most dreaded and unspoken truths of typical Indian multi generation family in the 90s. It covers a vast range of social topics ranging from relationships, discrimination, politics and what not. Most importantly it emphasizes what we call the "Love Laws" - "Who should be loved, and how. And how much."
Hard to follow all the way through & quite slow until roughly halfway through.
My mum was an inveterate book-buyer, and a rather more infrequent book-reader than she would care to admit.
Early 1998 was when this book (first edition, hardbound) was bought by my mum. Early 1998 was also when I left my home and my family. When I was no more than a boy.
I am absolutely certain that my mum had not read The God of Small Things, least of all because she had neither the patience nor the faculty in English to read this book end-to-end.
I have, though. One cannot move seamlessly from Robert Ludlum to Arundhati Roy and back to Tom Clancy, so I read it slow. Every time I came back to my parents' home, I would read a few pages. I never carried it back with me to Bangalore, or Gurgaon, or the US, or Hyderabad.
I eventually finished it in around 2007 or thereabouts, I think. I changed a lot in those ten years of reading the book. Life happened during those ten years.
I think there are parts in the book which would affect me more in re-reads, which affected me less while reading it; and parts which affected me a lot, which didn't seem very stand-outish. Though most of the book was. Is. Stand-outish.
Mum's gone now. It's her 3rd death anniversary tomorrow. And I am writing this from my parents' home. I saw The God of Small Things on her bookshelf today, maybe I will take the book back with me this time.
I guess I wouldn't have been a reader had she not been an inveterate book buyer, non?
Early 1998 was when this book (first edition, hardbound) was bought by my mum. Early 1998 was also when I left my home and my family. When I was no more than a boy.
I am absolutely certain that my mum had not read The God of Small Things, least of all because she had neither the patience nor the faculty in English to read this book end-to-end.
I have, though. One cannot move seamlessly from Robert Ludlum to Arundhati Roy and back to Tom Clancy, so I read it slow. Every time I came back to my parents' home, I would read a few pages. I never carried it back with me to Bangalore, or Gurgaon, or the US, or Hyderabad.
I eventually finished it in around 2007 or thereabouts, I think. I changed a lot in those ten years of reading the book. Life happened during those ten years.
I think there are parts in the book which would affect me more in re-reads, which affected me less while reading it; and parts which affected me a lot, which didn't seem very stand-outish. Though most of the book was. Is. Stand-outish.
Mum's gone now. It's her 3rd death anniversary tomorrow. And I am writing this from my parents' home. I saw The God of Small Things on her bookshelf today, maybe I will take the book back with me this time.
I guess I wouldn't have been a reader had she not been an inveterate book buyer, non?
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Like the undying waves on the shores of a beach, Arundhati Roy, waxes and eanes with her words, painting a picture of her characters so clear you'd swear you've seen them somewhere. Her way with weaving words to utterly pull you into the world of these twins to put you firmly in their shoes, in thier head. It really is the small things.
A totally enthralling book, poetic and funny yet dark and tragic. In many ways it reminded me of "To Kill a Mocking Bird"
Beautifully written. It's one that really pulls at your heartstrings.
The writing style is rather unique. It feels like reading a poem, in novel form.
The writing style is rather unique. It feels like reading a poem, in novel form.
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