A review by jpez
Q & A by Vikas Swarup

2.0

So here's the book that inspired Slumdog Millionaire, and it's one of those cases where the movie is much better than the book. It's not as if this book is terrible. I read through it in just a few days and it was certainly entertaining. It's just so...cheesy. Swarup lays something on thick. Some theme, some irony, whathaveyou. And as if the thick spread isn't enough, he points it out to you. I rolled my eyes so many times at this, as it seemed to happen again and again. His twists and turns were too obvious- made even more obvious by him laboriously spelling it all out for us.
That being said, the idea is great. I really enjoyed the structure of the novel. The execution, however, felt immature.