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A Suitable Boy
by Vikram Seth
by Vikram Seth
Sheila 's review
bookshelves: book-club, historical-fiction, big-book
Nov 11, 12
bookshelves: book-club, historical-fiction, big-book
Read from July 23 to November 11, 2012
How do I review this book? It is long...1,350 pages long...which for this book is TOO long.
It is heavy...as in 4 1/2 pounds heavy...and not available in an e-book version.
I built up my forearm muscles and strained my wrists reading all 1,350 pages of this 4 1/2 pound monstrosity.
As to the contents of the book...did I mention it is TOO long. It was interesting, yes, but too detailed for its own good. The novel covers a year in the life of four familes in India in the 1950's. The story of Lata and her mother's search to find her a "suitable boy" to marry I enjoyed. The story of Mann and his adventures good and bad I enjoyed. The long, detailed dissertations of the political culture of a newly independent India I could have used a bit less detail on.
It is heavy...as in 4 1/2 pounds heavy...and not available in an e-book version.
I built up my forearm muscles and strained my wrists reading all 1,350 pages of this 4 1/2 pound monstrosity.
As to the contents of the book...did I mention it is TOO long. It was interesting, yes, but too detailed for its own good. The novel covers a year in the life of four familes in India in the 1950's. The story of Lata and her mother's search to find her a "suitable boy" to marry I enjoyed. The story of Mann and his adventures good and bad I enjoyed. The long, detailed dissertations of the political culture of a newly independent India I could have used a bit less detail on.
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Reading Progress
| 08/13/2012 | page 229 |
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15.0% | "Interesting so far, and amazingly readable considering the number of characters and the complexity of the whole saga." |
| 08/13/2012 | page 229 |
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15.0% | "Interesting so far, and amazingly readable considering the number of characters and the complexity of the whole saga." |
| 09/10/2012 | page 523 |
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35.0% | "Enjoyable, easily readable, but OH SO LONG!" |
| 10/07/2012 | page 685 |
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46.0% | "Trying to get caught up for the CoL discussion! Boy, this book is LONG!!" |
| 10/21/2012 | page 1089 |
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80.0% | "This book is too long. I am starting to feel like it is a chore, even though it is interesting, there is just too much unnecessary detail." |
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Nov 13, 2012 06:11pm
Be proud of yourself that you read the whole thing!
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