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A review by mochand
Immigrant, Montana by Amitava Kumar
3.0
I don't think I've ever read a book where the author puts on display so much vulnerability. Straddling the lines between fiction and non-fiction I could see the real introspection happening behind Kumar's writing. The little footnotes are a welcome addition providing a surprising amount of information on real world people and references to articles expanding on those mentioned. At first I sped through the book, his explorations of his experiences in India and then moving to America was captivating but there was something towards the latter half of the book that soured it for some reason.
I think it could be viewing his actions in his relationships in a sort of retrospective manner without too much critique seemed initially kinda odd.His relationships come off as a bit of a humble brag, but he does seem to acknowledge it slightly towards the end but it comes of as not really understanding the root of it. And in his epilogue he drops the story in the diner of being confronted about who he chooses to date but it seems like he took it as something of a slight against him that he addressed in his actual marriage...as if to say "haha I proved you wrong Jennifer".Which I sincerely hope is fiction but he does show that he missed the point... And I do think the author understands this but in this anti-climactic moment he shies away from really critiquing himself. It's messy but interesting though.
I think it could be viewing his actions in his relationships in a sort of retrospective manner without too much critique seemed initially kinda odd.His relationships come off as a bit of a humble brag, but he does seem to acknowledge it slightly towards the end but it comes of as not really understanding the root of it. And in his epilogue he drops the story in the diner of being confronted about who he chooses to date but it seems like he took it as something of a slight against him that he addressed in his actual marriage...as if to say "haha I proved you wrong Jennifer".Which I sincerely hope is fiction but he does show that he missed the point... And I do think the author understands this but in this anti-climactic moment he shies away from really critiquing himself. It's messy but interesting though.