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A review by lefthandedbibliophile
Flood of Fire by Amitav Ghosh
3.0
Ah in hindsight, I might have been a bit too harsh and and hasty in my rating....
Re-rated to 3 stars
2.15 stars
Well...I wished for a grand conclusion for the Ibis Trilogy . The age old adage of be careful of what you wish for came true.
The story was grand indeed so much so that with elements of cliches, coincidences, events that were fantastical to epic proportions, this book reads like a daily soap opera (or a bollywood film?)
Without going into details, the Flood of Fire is perhaps the most disappointing book that I have read in this year till now. After waiting for a couple of years, since the last book was released, this was definitely NOT what I was hoping and looking forward to. Disheartened is what I am, it does not feel that this is the same author who wrote [b:Sea of Poppies|1330324|Sea of Poppies (Ibis Trilogy, #1)|Amitav Ghosh|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1327376395s/1330324.jpg|1319808] or [b:The Hungry Tide|822812|The Hungry Tide|Amitav Ghosh|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1344618696s/822812.jpg|981525].
My ratings are only for the historical facts (which were way less as compared to the previous books) that formed the background of the story.
Re-rated to 3 stars
2.15 stars
Well...I wished for a grand conclusion for the Ibis Trilogy . The age old adage of be careful of what you wish for came true.
The story was grand indeed so much so that with elements of cliches, coincidences, events that were fantastical to epic proportions, this book reads like a daily soap opera (or a bollywood film?)
Without going into details, the Flood of Fire is perhaps the most disappointing book that I have read in this year till now. After waiting for a couple of years, since the last book was released, this was definitely NOT what I was hoping and looking forward to. Disheartened is what I am, it does not feel that this is the same author who wrote [b:Sea of Poppies|1330324|Sea of Poppies (Ibis Trilogy, #1)|Amitav Ghosh|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1327376395s/1330324.jpg|1319808] or [b:The Hungry Tide|822812|The Hungry Tide|Amitav Ghosh|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1344618696s/822812.jpg|981525].
My ratings are only for the historical facts (which were way less as compared to the previous books) that formed the background of the story.