A review by a_o_on_the_go
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth

4.0

Probably a four of out five star? Epic effort: to read, and write no doubt. Found it simmered it along and didn't seem to peak or valley, but kept bubbling along. I was committed to finishing it. And found the cricket references in the final third, were ones that I could double check with my cricket book collection of India playing England in India in 1951/52 and they were always correct. Sometimes I wondered if there was too much political history, not enough and simple social story? Again, another Indian book showing not only the limiting caste system, but the element of their culture, I've found in literature mainly, is the deliberately circuitous communicative style, and layers of meaning and interpretations and the opportunities for unnecessary misunderstanding comes through again. I've never read a book that could also double as weight training aid. I may again. It was worth it, but not great.