This is a wonderful story if you can stay with it. I've read quite a few books by Indian writers, but this one is certainly the "most" Indian I've read to date. Roy is tough to follow and hard to understand at times, but her command of language is amazing. The Indian way of running words together and random capitalization is a little weird at first, but after a while I kind of liked it. Her way of spelling words that children and non-English speaking people is good. A "Bar Nowl" name Oshua.
I would have to say that the overall mood of this book is dark and sad. Poor Estha, how much more could a little boy take. "Little man with a spoiled puff. Little Man, he lived in a Caravan. Dum dum". He seemed to bear the brunt (even if imagined) of everything bad that happened. Hard life for a two egg twin.
This will be a hard book to recommend. I think it will mean different things to different people. Some will be repulsed by the darkness. Disease, abuse, ignorance...but a beautiful love story underneath.
I would have to say that the overall mood of this book is dark and sad. Poor Estha, how much more could a little boy take. "Little man with a spoiled puff. Little Man, he lived in a Caravan. Dum dum". He seemed to bear the brunt (even if imagined) of everything bad that happened. Hard life for a two egg twin.
This will be a hard book to recommend. I think it will mean different things to different people. Some will be repulsed by the darkness. Disease, abuse, ignorance...but a beautiful love story underneath.
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