A review by kingkorok
Slumdog Millionaire by Vikas Swarup

adventurous sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

This book was fine. I liked the end, when I finally got to experience enough of the protagonist's emotional state to really begin to identify with him & care for how he turned out in the end. But the book itself is held together with what is in my view a pretty flimsy & arbitrary premise (game show) to link a number of short plot points that I didn't find too enthralling for the first 3/4 of the book. The prose was very direct and matter-of-fact, which is not always to my taste. Near the end I started to appreciate the simplicity of the language in contrast to the graphic hardness of poverty in India. idk I guess I see why it's popular but it wasn't for me