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A review by msjoanna
The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh
4.0
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It traces three families in Burma, India and Malaya from 1885 to a brief stint in the mid-1990s. I have little knowledge of these countries' histories and found it fascinating to read about the British Empire from this perspective. I don't know that I'd ever read about Japanese invasion during WWII from this perspective.
The author for the audiobook did a fine job keeping up with the story, but did not do enough for this listener to differentiate the different characters. I sometimes found myself confused for a bit about which storyline I was hearing. But maybe that's the fault of the listener rather than the reader.
The author for the audiobook did a fine job keeping up with the story, but did not do enough for this listener to differentiate the different characters. I sometimes found myself confused for a bit about which storyline I was hearing. But maybe that's the fault of the listener rather than the reader.