aoinmn 's review for:

A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth

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I gave a month of my life to this book and sometimes I enjoyed it and sometimes it was a slog. The writing is really excellent and the characters do come to life. The political aspects were sometimes interesting to me and sometimes overwhelmingly difficult to comprehend. That is on me. I didn’t leave a rating because it was both wonderful and occasionally tedious to read. I think it is funny that he quotes Voltaire on the front page: “The secret to being a bore is to say everything.” and also “The superfluous, that very necessary thing….”