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A review by aadisarchive
Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag
3.75
3.75/5 rounded down to 3 because I am a bitch.
this was a first person narrative, a little introspective family drama (?) of sorts, that follows our main character ruminating on the changes upward economic mobility has brought in terms of their internal relationships. it looks at those fissures from a very readable lens though my only complain is that it got a little on the nose sometimes, but not unbearably so.
this wasn't a bad book by any shot, but it wouldn't be my most memorable story of the year. I felt like the story, though decent enough in 115 pages, could have been fleshed out a little more and ended abruptly. I did, however, like the overall writing style (though it could have done with a little less on the nose explaining and more showing). I loved the moments of introspection and observation, and it was thoroughly readable, i didn't labour to pick it up at any point. I definitely recommend this for a short year end read since it's under 115 pages :)
this was a first person narrative, a little introspective family drama (?) of sorts, that follows our main character ruminating on the changes upward economic mobility has brought in terms of their internal relationships. it looks at those fissures from a very readable lens though my only complain is that it got a little on the nose sometimes, but not unbearably so.
this wasn't a bad book by any shot, but it wouldn't be my most memorable story of the year. I felt like the story, though decent enough in 115 pages, could have been fleshed out a little more and ended abruptly. I did, however, like the overall writing style (though it could have done with a little less on the nose explaining and more showing). I loved the moments of introspection and observation, and it was thoroughly readable, i didn't labour to pick it up at any point. I definitely recommend this for a short year end read since it's under 115 pages :)