The God of Small Things

[DCJenn]

I can honestly say I was happy when I finshed this book. I really didn't like it at all.

Basically, its the story of twins (a brother and a sister) and how screwed up their lives are as the result of a number of intertwined tragedies. It takes place in India in the present with flashbacks to the past.

Hated it.

Jenn

It's been a while since I read it. I don't remember hating it but I don't think I particularly loved it either. Wierd thing is, I still think of a scene or two from that book.

[SueC]

Bummer, that is the next book my book club chose.

[Auspicious]

I'm almost done with this one, and I pretty much agree with everything written here. I didn't enjoy it very much at all, but I do still have a kind of respect for it. Which is kind of more frustrating than when I just hate a book all around. There are some passages that are very potent and lucid (and yet with the non-linear storytelling, the overall arc of the book is definitely not lucid), and times when I've thought "wow, that's very skillful writing" but I never thought "wow, I love this!"

And, I can understand authors wanting to be very true-to-life by not shying away from gritty descriptions, but a little of this goes a looong way. I want to make a rule that graphic accounts of things like how someone spits when they shout in anger must be limited to once per book.