Just finished this! Enjoyed it, but I'm glad I wasn't the only one that "soldiered on" through the book! Thanks for all your reviews - when I finish a book, I always check if you've done a vid on it!
On that note you can read 'Train to Pakistan' by Khushwant Singh. Its about the situation of the normal people when the partition happened written in a fictional way
I agree with a lot of what you say....although I really enjoy Indian/Pakistani writers. I read this a couple of years ago as my March of the Mammoths and while you reminded me of some of the parts of the book I forgot, I think it would be a hard read for someone with bare knowledge of India's history. At times, I thought Rushdie was trying to be too convulated/witty/clever by one and to no one's benefit and it seemed a work of conceit. ...or a poor man's Marguez. It's definitely worth the read and many will enjoy it .Love the new intros and video clips.
Just finished this! Enjoyed it, but I'm glad I wasn't the only one that "soldiered on" through the book! Thanks for all your reviews - when I finish a book, I always check if you've done a vid on it!
Thank you!
On that note you can read 'Train to Pakistan' by Khushwant Singh. Its about the situation of the normal people when the partition happened written in a fictional way
Thank you for the recommendation. It sounds good!
I agree with a lot of what you say....although I really enjoy Indian/Pakistani writers. I read this a couple of years ago as my March of the Mammoths and while you reminded me of some of the parts of the book I forgot, I think it would be a hard read for someone with bare knowledge of India's history. At times, I thought Rushdie was trying to be too convulated/witty/clever by one and to no one's benefit and it seemed a work of conceit. ...or a poor man's Marguez. It's definitely worth the read and many will enjoy it .Love the new intros and video clips.
Thank you, Sandra. I think that we are on the same page about Midnight's Children. "A poor man's Márquez" sounds right to me.