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2.5 ✭
Nope, didn't really care for this tale.
The feeling that this wasn't written by a native born Indian (& I was right)
The writing was very heavy handed, clumsy and amateurish. Too much telling, not showing - & done repetitively.
We know!!! Halfway through the book & this has already been mentioned several ti ...more
Nope, didn't really care for this tale.
The feeling that this wasn't written by a native born Indian (& I was right)
The writing was very heavy handed, clumsy and amateurish. Too much telling, not showing - & done repetitively.
...This last was directed at her son-in-law, against whom she had always held a grudge for not being Jagirdar Mohan Vishwanath Deshmukkk, landowner and erstwhile suitor of her daughter.
We know!!! Halfway through the book & this has already been mentioned several ti ...more
May 06, 2017
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Feb 26, 2019
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