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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
sad
tense
fast-paced
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-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:
No
dark
emotional
inspiring
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:
No
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
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:
No
“Exactly. It’s my lucky coin. But as I said, luck has got nothing to do with it....Luck comes from within.”
I picked up Slumdog Millionaire on a whim. I wanted an audiobook to listen to while I went for a walk with the intention of listening for that one walk only. I wasn’t expecting much. That intention turned into the listening of the entire book within a week. The story immediately captured me.
Slumdog Millionaire was highly entertaining. Ram’s stories were full of drama, escapes, love interest, brutality, poverty, cleverness and street smarts. Ram treated others with compassion and kindness. Many times, he gave to others at his own expense. The level of poverty struck me; the marginalized are often disregarded. I gained a different perspective. Through Ram’s voice, India came to life for me.
Despite that fact that Ram’s stories captivated me, I did not connect with him. I felt more for those in his stories, but even that, not much. I felt the most for the general infliction of living in poverty than an actual character. For most of the story I felt ambivalent. The ending changed the ambivalence into an admiration for Ram and his journey.
Side note: the narrator for the audiobook, Christopher Simpson, did his job well. A narrator can make or break a story regardless of how well written a story is. He made the story.
Rating: 3.5 stars
I picked up Slumdog Millionaire on a whim. I wanted an audiobook to listen to while I went for a walk with the intention of listening for that one walk only. I wasn’t expecting much. That intention turned into the listening of the entire book within a week. The story immediately captured me.
Slumdog Millionaire was highly entertaining. Ram’s stories were full of drama, escapes, love interest, brutality, poverty, cleverness and street smarts. Ram treated others with compassion and kindness. Many times, he gave to others at his own expense. The level of poverty struck me; the marginalized are often disregarded. I gained a different perspective. Through Ram’s voice, India came to life for me.
Despite that fact that Ram’s stories captivated me, I did not connect with him. I felt more for those in his stories, but even that, not much. I felt the most for the general infliction of living in poverty than an actual character. For most of the story I felt ambivalent. The ending changed the ambivalence into an admiration for Ram and his journey.
Side note: the narrator for the audiobook, Christopher Simpson, did his job well. A narrator can make or break a story regardless of how well written a story is. He made the story.
Rating: 3.5 stars
Wow. Simon Beaufoy really deserved that Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar. I didn’t think that Slumdog Millionaire was the Best Movie EVAR! as some people seem to, but the book is just awful. Scattered and poorly written, with a narrative that relies on more farfetched coincidences than a cracked-out [a:Dickens|239579|Charles Dickens|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1183239979p2/239579.jpg] novel, Q&A also manages to make its protagonist completely unsympathetic, and its romance entirely unromantic. Oh, and the whole thing—the first few chapters especially—is cringingly homophobic. If you loved Slumdog, this will merely taint your appreciation of it. Though I guess it’s interesting to see how the same concept can be taken in two wildly different directions—one that’ll make people hand out Oscars, and one that’ll make them want to mimic Oscar the Grouch.
adventurous
dark
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This book was fine. I liked the end, when I finally got to experience enough of the protagonist's emotional state to really begin to identify with him & care for how he turned out in the end. But the book itself is held together with what is in my view a pretty flimsy & arbitrary premise (game show) to link a number of short plot points that I didn't find too enthralling for the first 3/4 of the book. The prose was very direct and matter-of-fact, which is not always to my taste. Near the end I started to appreciate the simplicity of the language in contrast to the graphic hardness of poverty in India. idk I guess I see why it's popular but it wasn't for me
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated