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3.57 AVERAGE
3.57 AVERAGE
Lots of beautiful prose, but had to give up . Too much work to read.
challenging
dark
slow-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
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Read it for a class and the minute the semester ended I didn't finish! Ill be back to finish it one day!
emotional
hopeful
informative
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I loved every page Anjum was in.
I was not mentally prepared for Kashmir.
I was not mentally prepared for Kashmir.
Una novela de una profunda belleza y una sensibilidad que azoran. El lector se sumerge que es la India, ese cúmulo de dolores que es su historia (que es toda historia). Es evidente la preocupación social que mueve a Arundhati Roy, la activista, a lo largo de la novela, pero es la novelista quien lleva escribe y en ningún momento sus páginas se tornan un panfleto. La novela profundiza en la forma en que las personas sobreviven y se mantienen en los conflictos, en los rostros terribles que los hacen mostrar esos conflictos. La condición humana es retratada sin concesiones y, aunque muestra de lo que somos capaces de hacer, tampoco se regodea en la miseria y en la capacidad de producir dolor del ser humano. La novela está llena de dolor, la atraviesa, sin embargo no es una novela del dolor, si no de sobrevivir a él, de resistir y encontrar en las pequeñas cosas, en salir del mundo y construir un mundo propio, la forma de resistir a ese dolor. Anyum, la hijra de la vieja Delhi y la posada que construye en un cementerio se vuelve un personaje y un mundo que no quiere uno abandonar; mientras que conocemos también a Tilo y los hombres que la amaron y cómo terminó en la lucha por la independencia de Cachemira; ellas son los polos en torno a los cuales Arundhati construye su novela y en torno a quienes giran el resto de los personajes, con una niña encontrada en la calle como la forma en que se unen.
challenging
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
challenging
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I listened to the audiobook, and while it was nice to have the author narrate their own material, this was a slog of a book. It was too long. There’s an entire section where Roy goes through the entire alphabet naming the corresponding words. Not to mention dropping the n-word a few times (I don’t think I would have had such a strong reaction to it, but since she, herself, is the narrator, it was jarring).
I did find her description of the current PM of India quite entertaining (which makes you realize why the current government is going after her). Roy is a beautiful writer, but I didn’t care for most of the characters. She adds background information on the politics and culture of India to make the readers understand the characters, and I would have preferred more of that.
I did find her description of the current PM of India quite entertaining (which makes you realize why the current government is going after her). Roy is a beautiful writer, but I didn’t care for most of the characters. She adds background information on the politics and culture of India to make the readers understand the characters, and I would have preferred more of that.