for thinking Arundati Roy's "God of Small Things" was boring and lame?
I just read it after a couple family members recommended it as a must-read. I've always been impressed with her political writings so I thought I'd give her fictional writing a try.
Boy was I wrong. I want the past two days of my life back. And my 8 bucks.
Can the god of small things help me out here?
On a completely unrelated note, I'm selling a very nice doorstop. Since you all are loyal readers, I'll give it to you for..hmmmm...lemme think...$8. Any takers?
Just don’t call it genocide
1 week ago
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I read it a few years back........it isn't lame and boring.....extremely well written and quite moving. Money well spent.
Ha, ha! No, I don't think I need an $8 doorstop at this time. ;-)
Be careful. I once expressed similar thoughts and borderline got myself run out of town. ;)
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@Anon, welcome to my blog Anonymous or should I refer to you by your first name...Arundati. I'm sorry I didn't enjoy your book. It was just too slow and drawn out.
Highlighting the small things in life is cool every so often (stopping to smell the proverbial roses in our journey of life), but to center an entire novel around that sort of stuff is a bit too much.
But hey, you always have your awesome political stuff to fall back on! :-)
@Susanne, cool, but if the need ever arises in the future, you know where to go. :-)
@Mishu, let's start a Facebook group. I'm sure there are so many who would join us in bringing attention to this disappointing work of literature.
She's at her best when she writes about politics. She's written on Kashmir and I highly recommend those- even though I/we may not agree on all counts, I still admire her courage very much. India is a police state, if you didn't know.
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