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A review by diya95
Un déluge de feu by Amitav Ghosh
3.0
As is the case with a book series, you make friends with some of the characters, Paulette was my friend and I shall miss her.
I think it's interesting that the Ibis community feeling is nowhere as sharp and strong as it is in this final instalment. You can sense that the author has really poured all the feelings into writing out the stories of each of these characters. But somehow I'd expected a climax that would be as powerful as being smacked in the face by a wave. And that didn't happen... everything seems like it's almost been resolved but not quite... it's like Mr. Ghosh won't let you have that last drop of water that you know is in there but it ain't coming.
This is a book I read while travelling and I will associate the movements of the boats and the general rhythm of this novel (it does have a rhythm) with my own swaying and straining against the car as it bended and swayed against the mountain roads... take your time with this one... be patient with it, it's a difficult world he makes you inhabit but it has its moments, it really does! :)
I think it's interesting that the Ibis community feeling is nowhere as sharp and strong as it is in this final instalment. You can sense that the author has really poured all the feelings into writing out the stories of each of these characters. But somehow I'd expected a climax that would be as powerful as being smacked in the face by a wave. And that didn't happen... everything seems like it's almost been resolved but not quite... it's like Mr. Ghosh won't let you have that last drop of water that you know is in there but it ain't coming.
This is a book I read while travelling and I will associate the movements of the boats and the general rhythm of this novel (it does have a rhythm) with my own swaying and straining against the car as it bended and swayed against the mountain roads... take your time with this one... be patient with it, it's a difficult world he makes you inhabit but it has its moments, it really does! :)