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A review by mvvelde
Man Tiger by Eka Kurniawan
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Opening up the pages of this book, I remember the hankering I had for a journey that transported me far away from the cold and grey of Belgian January. And so it did.
Kurniawan begins with the telling of a murder, and it isn’t until the end that we will know the ‘why’ of it. I found myself enraptured by the description of life in the small jungle village where Margio lives. The cold and grey receded and my mind was filled with images of lush, dense and tropical climate of Java, Indonesia.
I went into this book blindly—having not read reviews and only skimmed the blurb—and I’m happy for it. And so in the hopes that you can have that chance too, I’m going to keep it simple:
There’s a definite mysterious, sometimes tense or reflective tone to the way Kurniawan weaves Margio’s story. It’s circular and satisfying. I was left wanting to read more of Kurniawan’s work, and definitely look forward to the next time that I will have that pleasure.
Kurniawan begins with the telling of a murder, and it isn’t until the end that we will know the ‘why’ of it. I found myself enraptured by the description of life in the small jungle village where Margio lives. The cold and grey receded and my mind was filled with images of lush, dense and tropical climate of Java, Indonesia.
I went into this book blindly—having not read reviews and only skimmed the blurb—and I’m happy for it. And so in the hopes that you can have that chance too, I’m going to keep it simple:
There’s a definite mysterious, sometimes tense or reflective tone to the way Kurniawan weaves Margio’s story. It’s circular and satisfying. I was left wanting to read more of Kurniawan’s work, and definitely look forward to the next time that I will have that pleasure.