The Magnificent Ruins by Nayantara Roy

3.89 AVERAGE

rathbone's review

3.75
medium-paced

ccabush's review against another edition

3.25
dark reflective sad tense slow-paced
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sohana_reads's review

4.25
adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Really invigorating read! The language is very flowery, which can sometimes be confusing, but it was done very well here and was able to have emotion and descriptive language while still being understandable.

royce_mussman's review

3.5
emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

nehaharle's review

4.0
dark medium-paced
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No

flagmachado's review against another edition

1.0
Gave up on 60% of it. I truly didn’t care AT ALL with what was going on. I kind of can predict of the end and the writing is nothing different from a very low quality pop chick lit. Nothing outstanding. In fact, nothing actually good.

And I rarely give up on a book
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dreadspawn's review

4.0
emotional reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

nsharshita07's review

3.5
emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lmorisse31's review

5.0
adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-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
A complex mother-daughter relationship is the foundation for this modern family saga with elements of romance, Indian history, local and national politics, and generational trauma set in Kolkata. The story unfolds richly and slowly, with no detail spared.

valdez's review against another edition

4.5
challenging dark emotional informative tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes