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3.61 AVERAGE
3.61 AVERAGE
Ingehouden, subtiel en met heel veel tussen de lettertjes. Over dromen en illusies in een kleurrijk Indisch decor.
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
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
Much is charming and all is propelling. The reader needs to read every word closely. Great book.
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Loved it. Brilliantly written. Still think about the main character.
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
reflective
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
This was such an enjoyable read. The kind of book that is deceptively simple, yet is propelled by something shimmering underneath the surface. I love that.
There's a blurb from Bernard MacLaverty on the back of my copy, and he summarizes my feelings about this book better than I ever could:
"Wonderfully written -- with the simplicity of a fairy tale, the heft of fable, and all the human sadness and joy of misfits."
Exactly.
I will remember Mr. Hilary Byrd, and I will miss him.
There's a blurb from Bernard MacLaverty on the back of my copy, and he summarizes my feelings about this book better than I ever could:
"Wonderfully written -- with the simplicity of a fairy tale, the heft of fable, and all the human sadness and joy of misfits."
Exactly.
I will remember Mr. Hilary Byrd, and I will miss him.
In a colonial mountain town in India, a lonely tourist from the UK, Mr Hilary Bird, finds himself staying in a mission house after hopping on a blue train to escape the heat of the Indian plains far below. He has fled his life in Britain with no plan in mind and no future in sight, and seems to be almost sleepwalking through the motions of being a tourist in this strange, vibrant new atmosphere, caught up in his search for meaning, his memories of what went wrong in his life in the past and why things have turned out as they have. The hill town of Ooty, so far away from home, both familiar and exotic simultaneously, seems like it might be the perfect balm he needs to remedy his confusion and depression with modern life, particularly as he gets to know locals Jamshed, Priscilla and the Padre, but is it really what it seems to this preoccupied, solitary man?
I didn’t feel much engagement or interest in the characters by the end of the book which is why it ultimately left me unsatisfied on a personal level, but I did feel sympathy for the situation of the characters - there was a confluence of chance events which ended in fortune for some and misfortune for others, and I found it interesting to watch that play out - there are multiple perspectives which were interesting, as the reader gets to witness mistakes in judgement, and the mismatch between expectations and hopes of different characters, which felt very real and well done. I found this book to be well written and a thoughtful commentary on modern life, though purely because it didn’t resonate particularly with me personally I have rated it 2/5 stars.
My thanks to Granta publications, the author and to #NetGalley for the arc to review.
#TheMissionHouse #CarysDavies #GrantaPublications #bookreviews #arcs #booklove #bookstagram
I didn’t feel much engagement or interest in the characters by the end of the book which is why it ultimately left me unsatisfied on a personal level, but I did feel sympathy for the situation of the characters - there was a confluence of chance events which ended in fortune for some and misfortune for others, and I found it interesting to watch that play out - there are multiple perspectives which were interesting, as the reader gets to witness mistakes in judgement, and the mismatch between expectations and hopes of different characters, which felt very real and well done. I found this book to be well written and a thoughtful commentary on modern life, though purely because it didn’t resonate particularly with me personally I have rated it 2/5 stars.
My thanks to Granta publications, the author and to #NetGalley for the arc to review.
#TheMissionHouse #CarysDavies #GrantaPublications #bookreviews #arcs #booklove #bookstagram