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Difficult Daughters by Manju Kapur
3.0
I really enjoyed reading this book and did not want it to end. 🙂
But that said the ending felt rushed and was disappointing. It was as if the plot was built up to a crescendo and a dead end 🤷🏻♀️
There was a lot of detail prior to Viramati’s marriage and for a bit after that but overnight decades passed and the book ended.
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The writing is very descriptive, free-flowing but simple. The India of the pre-independence has been beautifully presented.
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The narrative shifts between Viramati, her daughter, Ida as well as Viramti’s mother, Kasturi. Even though the narrators aren’t explicitly stated beforehand it’s easily to figure out.
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What I did not appreciate about the book was that Viramati’s relationship with her daughter was not elaborated, neither was Ida’s life except as a few wasps of information here and there.
Also, Viramati’s siblings did not have any significance on her life later on 🤷🏻♀️
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And I just have to say the Professor, Harish is a 🤬🤬🤬
I’d rather Viramati dropped him like a hot potato and never looked back but then again this a story of times gone by..
.
An engrossing, enjoyable read 👍🏻
But that said the ending felt rushed and was disappointing. It was as if the plot was built up to a crescendo and a dead end 🤷🏻♀️
There was a lot of detail prior to Viramati’s marriage and for a bit after that but overnight decades passed and the book ended.
.
The writing is very descriptive, free-flowing but simple. The India of the pre-independence has been beautifully presented.
.
The narrative shifts between Viramati, her daughter, Ida as well as Viramti’s mother, Kasturi. Even though the narrators aren’t explicitly stated beforehand it’s easily to figure out.
.
What I did not appreciate about the book was that Viramati’s relationship with her daughter was not elaborated, neither was Ida’s life except as a few wasps of information here and there.
Also, Viramati’s siblings did not have any significance on her life later on 🤷🏻♀️
.
And I just have to say the Professor, Harish is a 🤬🤬🤬
I’d rather Viramati dropped him like a hot potato and never looked back but then again this a story of times gone by..
.
An engrossing, enjoyable read 👍🏻