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A review by reydeam
Slumdog Millionaire by Vikas Swarup
3.0
“Exactly. It’s my lucky coin. But as I said, luck has got nothing to do with it....Luck comes from within.”
I picked up Slumdog Millionaire on a whim. I wanted an audiobook to listen to while I went for a walk with the intention of listening for that one walk only. I wasn’t expecting much. That intention turned into the listening of the entire book within a week. The story immediately captured me.
Slumdog Millionaire was highly entertaining. Ram’s stories were full of drama, escapes, love interest, brutality, poverty, cleverness and street smarts. Ram treated others with compassion and kindness. Many times, he gave to others at his own expense. The level of poverty struck me; the marginalized are often disregarded. I gained a different perspective. Through Ram’s voice, India came to life for me.
Despite that fact that Ram’s stories captivated me, I did not connect with him. I felt more for those in his stories, but even that, not much. I felt the most for the general infliction of living in poverty than an actual character. For most of the story I felt ambivalent. The ending changed the ambivalence into an admiration for Ram and his journey.
Side note: the narrator for the audiobook, Christopher Simpson, did his job well. A narrator can make or break a story regardless of how well written a story is. He made the story.
Rating: 3.5 stars
I picked up Slumdog Millionaire on a whim. I wanted an audiobook to listen to while I went for a walk with the intention of listening for that one walk only. I wasn’t expecting much. That intention turned into the listening of the entire book within a week. The story immediately captured me.
Slumdog Millionaire was highly entertaining. Ram’s stories were full of drama, escapes, love interest, brutality, poverty, cleverness and street smarts. Ram treated others with compassion and kindness. Many times, he gave to others at his own expense. The level of poverty struck me; the marginalized are often disregarded. I gained a different perspective. Through Ram’s voice, India came to life for me.
Despite that fact that Ram’s stories captivated me, I did not connect with him. I felt more for those in his stories, but even that, not much. I felt the most for the general infliction of living in poverty than an actual character. For most of the story I felt ambivalent. The ending changed the ambivalence into an admiration for Ram and his journey.
Side note: the narrator for the audiobook, Christopher Simpson, did his job well. A narrator can make or break a story regardless of how well written a story is. He made the story.
Rating: 3.5 stars