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mayokid 's review for:
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
by Mohsin Hamid
First review: 4 stars. The main theme of cultural assimilation, together with geopolitics, love and betrayal, makes this book stand out from the rest (within the same category). It could even have been slightly longer, albeit the open ending made up for the “lack” of pages.
Updated review (2nd read): 3.5 stars. Interesting, I now find this book slightly boring, and not as good as previously described above. Maybe it’s due to the loss of “surprise” when already knowing the ending. But this time round I didn’t enjoy the characters. Perhaps I was so engrossed in wanting to find out the identity of the tourist/Changez’ intentions the first time that the characters didn’t really affect me. Who knows. Having said that, it’s still a good book, and definitely worth a read.
Updated review (2nd read): 3.5 stars. Interesting, I now find this book slightly boring, and not as good as previously described above. Maybe it’s due to the loss of “surprise” when already knowing the ending. But this time round I didn’t enjoy the characters. Perhaps I was so engrossed in wanting to find out the identity of the tourist/Changez’ intentions the first time that the characters didn’t really affect me. Who knows. Having said that, it’s still a good book, and definitely worth a read.