jeffdurham

I had a very difficult time getting into this book, despite the fact that it told an interesting story that normally would have had me really engaged. I think that some of the more 'experimental' elements took me out of the story. I wasn't thrilled with how out of order the story was. I think this can serve a purpose and even could have here, but the author told us each of the climaxes (Sophie dying, the love affair with Velutha, Estha being sent away) within the first few pages and then the rest of the story just told what happened in between. There was no sense of reading to find out what happens. Also, some of the wordplay took me out of the story as it made me way too conscious of the author and her aims. Once I got about halfway through, I finished pretty quickly though as I did start to care about the twins quite a bit. Themes: India, untouchability, class, love, twins, language play, parents affecting children, family, identity, communism,

2022-11-14 17:02