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Summary: This is a wonderful book!
Review: When I read this novel, I knew where the setting was taking place, I felt as if I were there and I could actually see everything that is happening. The author explained in detail about the people of Ayamanam. I think all Indians, especially Malayalaees should buy this book! I am very proud of Arunhati Roy. Because she was very dedicated to write this wonderful novel.
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Summary: Brilliant!
Review: This novel is romantic,sad,moving and absolutely unforgettable.If you want a book which will simply draw you into its plot and make you marvel at the power of words...then this is the book for you.In a class of its own.
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Summary: It is a beautifully written tale about an immoral world.
Review: Roy uses similes, metaphors, snatches of sentences to create a beautiful, intricate tale. She keeps the reader guessing by alluding to crimes still to come and past tragedies not yet explained. Her subject matter covers the gamut from sexual abuse, police corruption, parental neglect, and the horrifying results of the caste system. It is a difficult book to read but well worth the effort.
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Summary: Yikes! Someone get the Alliteration Police!
Review: Roy presents a wonderful tragedy in her book, The God of the Small Things, but her usage of literary devices uncovers her as a first-time author. Her use of alliteration was obvious and as I read the book, I began to think in capitals. Roy needs to be a little more subtle or her Radical Readers might Desert her.
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Summary: Boring excepting at the end
Review: Roy is naive, but she has passion. Makes an unusual combination but that cannot rescue the book.
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Summary: Tennessee Williams Goes To India, or Cat on a Hot Curry Roof
Review: It was once remarked about playwright Eugene O'Neill: "He has six senses: sight, smell, taste, touch, hearing, and tragedy. This last sense is by far the more highly developed." The same characterization could easily be handed to the great melodramatist Tennessee Williams and, now, Arundhati Roy, author of The God of Small Things.Tragedy, however, does not equal plot. Nor does it equal perspicacious writing. Buried in overwrought language and an unflinching taste for mega-melodrama, this family saga lacks the very subtlety and magic that the critics have been trumpeting. It is so self-conscious in its presentation of the narrative that one is never able to truly enter the lives of its characters. For a truly spectacular literary jaunt to India check out A Fine Balance by Canadian writer Rohinton Mistry. His chief talent lies in letting you wholly forget that there is an even author there behind his tale. He, in fact, erases the boundary between author and story so magnificiently that you are wound up in his story in a way that Ms. Roy could only wish.
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Summary: a prize winner
Review: A very beautiful way of telling a story ... new to me .. but captured my heart .. not knowing the actual story until the last part .. but knowing a lot all along from the first pages ..
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Summary: Beautiful descriptions & characters
Review: I loved the descriptions used by the author, so original, unusual and easy to visualize. I found myself laughing out loud often. It was easy to relate to the family and their predicaments and the innocence of the children. The method of moving back and forth from the present to the past was a bit confusing, I was a bit put off by this, however, it didn't take long to get caught up in each new story. I look forward to reading more of Roys work in the future.
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Summary: A weird book
Review: A strange book: part soft-porn, it has a confusing plot. It doesn't portray Kerala in any authentic fashion. But it does have some good material. Not worth spending your money on.
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Summary: This book is definitely a keeper!!!
Review: I picked up this book not knowing anything about it or the author. It kept me very interested and cannot wait for another book by Arundhati Joy. The book was wonderfully written - I did not want to put it down. I would recommend it to all my friends.
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