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The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
5.0
I'm struggling to rate this book so I'm simply not gonna.
I don't know exactly how I feel, I mean I guess I do, I thought, in a sense, if i could describe this book, it would be very atmospheric and gave me La La Land kind of ending vibes y'know?
I really liked reading from all the characters point of views because it's a coming of age story, but not just for Gogol, for Ashima and Ashoke, and everyone who had a point of view. Everyone had growing to do even as they got old and I think that's beautiful
The ending kinda hit me, but I'm a sap so anything remotely sad during an ending has me in my feels. And, I was reallt nervous because this is one of those books that doesn't really have a plot, nor requires one, so I didn't know how it would end, but I liked it.
I think there were just a couple problems I had with this book (technically 1 and a half but youll get what I mean in a sec)
The biggest one that personally wasn't a problem for me, but could turn away other people, is definitley the writing style. I think i told my mom at one point, if it wasn't for the fact that i was listening to the audiobook, I don't think I would have gotten into this book at all. The writing style isn't for everyone. One moment you've got a randomly excessive about of detail about the way a random character looks and how it feels picking up dog poop, and then a couple minutes later apparently you've jumped forward 2 years with nothing really to say about what happened between them. That defintiely threw me for a loop in the begining so be warned.
The second one was simply the way some of the women were portrayed in the book. Ok, no, just Mushumi. I think the book could have done her a bit more justice, but she just seemed like a 15 year trapped in an almost 30 year olds body. I only had an issue with the whole skirt scene and how she never had a problem with it. It didn't sit well with me. I couldn't stop thinking about that during anything about the affair and all of that. It felt....wrong....even more wrong with the affair. Idk, that's really it though
Overall, I enjoyed this book. I've always liked growing up along aide characters, and it always gives me peace when they finally find their own.
I don't know exactly how I feel, I mean I guess I do, I thought, in a sense, if i could describe this book, it would be very atmospheric and gave me La La Land kind of ending vibes y'know?
I really liked reading from all the characters point of views because it's a coming of age story, but not just for Gogol, for Ashima and Ashoke, and everyone who had a point of view. Everyone had growing to do even as they got old and I think that's beautiful
The ending kinda hit me, but I'm a sap so anything remotely sad during an ending has me in my feels. And, I was reallt nervous because this is one of those books that doesn't really have a plot, nor requires one, so I didn't know how it would end, but I liked it.
I think there were just a couple problems I had with this book (technically 1 and a half but youll get what I mean in a sec)
The biggest one that personally wasn't a problem for me, but could turn away other people, is definitley the writing style. I think i told my mom at one point, if it wasn't for the fact that i was listening to the audiobook, I don't think I would have gotten into this book at all. The writing style isn't for everyone. One moment you've got a randomly excessive about of detail about the way a random character looks and how it feels picking up dog poop, and then a couple minutes later apparently you've jumped forward 2 years with nothing really to say about what happened between them. That defintiely threw me for a loop in the begining so be warned.
The second one was simply the way some of the women were portrayed in the book. Ok, no, just Mushumi. I think the book could have done her a bit more justice, but she just seemed like a 15 year trapped in an almost 30 year olds body. I only had an issue with the whole skirt scene and how she never had a problem with it. It didn't sit well with me. I couldn't stop thinking about that during anything about the affair and all of that. It felt....wrong....even more wrong with the affair. Idk, that's really it though
Overall, I enjoyed this book. I've always liked growing up along aide characters, and it always gives me peace when they finally find their own.