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Summary: What a weird painful read!
Review: Boy did I buy the hype written on the back of this book! Call me a sucker! This book is not only weird, but barely interesting. I forced myself to read it so that I could comment on it.. not because I thought it would get better. Do not bother says DomeQueen
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Summary: Enthralling, don't miss this one
Review: If you only read three books this year, read The God of Small Things, I Know This Much is True, and The Triumph and the Glory! What a great time I've had this month reading them. The God of Small Things is so graced with vivid writing that it deserves every award there is plus a couple of newly invented ones. You HAVE to read it.
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Summary: Pieces of magic strung together to make a story
Review: If I was a budding author trying to find a voice, I'm afraid this book would cause me to fold up my tent and quit. This book raises the standard of current fiction, weaving a story and insights that are mind boggling. Moments become magic, but much beyond Isabel Allende's House of Spirits (which it reminds me of). Roy speaks in a language that is poetry and depth and magical and SO true. I, who don't love much fiction, fell in love with this book.
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Summary: Clever for the sake of cleverness.
Review: I couldn't get past the first few chapters. The author simply smothers the reader with details and persists in being clever with language, simply for the sake of being clever. This story could have been told in 5 chapters. A sham. Bogus. A waste of time.
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Summary: Unforgetable !
Review: This is one of the most wonderful books i have ever read. You can never imagine how heartfelt it is until you read it.
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Summary: Captivating
Review: I had the opportunity of using the "the god of small thungs" as part of a college course, entitled teaching elementry reading this past spring. The book was not what I (anyone) expected, it was a well written piece. I enjoyed the author's style of writing, her rich use of metaphors and the voices of children she used throughout the text to explain and convey her messages.
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Summary: It's not a story, it is magic
Review: A god of small things is a fantastic rendition of a tale of twins in the exotic locales of kerala in South India. The story brings to life all its characters Rahel, Estha, Ammu, Velu, Sophie, Uncle Chacko and even the river Meenachal. Never has a story been revealed in such a way. The best thing is how the story evolves, expresses and reveals itself across the course of the book. It one enchanting saga with bits and pieces springing out suddenly from each subsequent page to slowly fill the canopy of the story. The end result is not a story, it is magic. Leaving the reader totally involved and utterly bound. I am devastated by the broken love of Ammu and Velu. My heart goes out to Estha who loses his childhood at the age of 7. And Rahel. Can't you see those lovely eyes and feel that neckline.Well the book deserves the Booker and more. And for the critics, it's time to take a break. Take a walk as well.
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Summary: Exquisite!
Review: Roy lets us see the world of Southern India through the eyes of an inquisitive child and makes you feel, smell, and taste the life that surrounds the characters. And she does it with beautifully formed passages and words. She really is the god of small things and this book is a must-read for anyone who loves the art of language.
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Summary: Simply amazing
Review: This book is one of the best I have read (and I am reading some of the greats right now - Sidhwa, Mistry, Narayan, Tharoor). Roy has woven a story with unsurpassed lyrical expertise. Not for the dimwitted or the weakhearted, but for the average reader this book is a must read.
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Summary: Brilliant
Review: Beautiful prose, beautiful cast of characters, and, most importantly, it leaves you with a whole new window through which to view the world around you. I've given it to my mother, grandmother, and friends. It distills from the contrasts of several very different characters the basic patterns by which all of us live, and how those similar patterns in differing personalities and situations can interact to produce the world around us.
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