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A review by aleeqa
The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh
3.0
A historical fiction set in India, Burma and Malaya between the first world war up until the end of WW2. It started with an Indian boy who escaped a plague in his village and end up in Burma. The story span into three generations.
The first half of the story is a bit torture for me to read. The writing is good, and very detailed. It's informative, but I'm not interested to know about the teak business. It is too much for me. But thankfully, the story gets better when the war came.
What I like about this story is the different point of view of the characters. Especially the contradictor POV between them. It makes me understand their reason for things that they do, and the thing that they stand for.
It is also good to read how the granddaughter visit the places that her grandma used to live, and trace her long-lost uncle.
The first half of the story is a bit torture for me to read. The writing is good, and very detailed. It's informative, but I'm not interested to know about the teak business. It is too much for me. But thankfully, the story gets better when the war came.
What I like about this story is the different point of view of the characters. Especially the contradictor POV between them. It makes me understand their reason for things that they do, and the thing that they stand for.
It is also good to read how the granddaughter visit the places that her grandma used to live, and trace her long-lost uncle.