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jabid 's review for:
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
by Arundhati Roy
Finished reading the ministry of utmost happiness and needless to say, I'm utmost disappointed. PS: Spoilers ahead.
Most importantly, my beloved author is dead. RIP to whoever wrote God of small things. That imagination is gone. The elements of magical realism is completely missing. This is an activist ranting about every cause she can think of and somehow weaving a story around it.
Transgender inequality. Godra massacre. Castism and sexism in Kerala. Tribal and Naxal issues from Andra. Hindu fascism. Cattle lynching. Obviously she couldn't let go the Kashmir issue. A hodgepodge of rants, with no connection whatsoever. She is punishing the readers for just reading her book.
The 2 main plots of the story got connected in the most absurd way possible. They both got their slippers fixed at the same spot? So many auxiliary characters with no purpose whatsoever. The narrator feels so detached with no purpose.
The political arguments about Kashmir feels very one sided. I would love to be pointed to some unbiased records about the reality of army brutality there.
A blind activist murdered my beloved author. RIP.
Most importantly, my beloved author is dead. RIP to whoever wrote God of small things. That imagination is gone. The elements of magical realism is completely missing. This is an activist ranting about every cause she can think of and somehow weaving a story around it.
Transgender inequality. Godra massacre. Castism and sexism in Kerala. Tribal and Naxal issues from Andra. Hindu fascism. Cattle lynching. Obviously she couldn't let go the Kashmir issue. A hodgepodge of rants, with no connection whatsoever. She is punishing the readers for just reading her book.
The 2 main plots of the story got connected in the most absurd way possible. They both got their slippers fixed at the same spot? So many auxiliary characters with no purpose whatsoever. The narrator feels so detached with no purpose.
The political arguments about Kashmir feels very one sided. I would love to be pointed to some unbiased records about the reality of army brutality there.
A blind activist murdered my beloved author. RIP.