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Sad that I didn't enjoy my own book club pick.
I think I'm just not a fan of magical realism.
I think the book was trying to hard or not hard enough, I can't tell.
I read as much as I could before stopping (around 20%). Could be convinced to read select short stories if recommended to me. ...more
I think I'm just not a fan of magical realism.
I think the book was trying to hard or not hard enough, I can't tell.
I read as much as I could before stopping (around 20%). Could be convinced to read select short stories if recommended to me. ...more
This is a very uneven set of short stories. Some I’d give five stars, some zero. The problem with magical realism is either it really really works or it really really doesn’t. I loved when Unnikrishnan used magical metaphors to convey the difficulty of being an immigrant worker in the UAE but felt that sometimes the metaphors got away from him.
And then there’s the weird sexual aspects. It seems like Unnikrishnan needs to shoehorn sex into almost every narrative. Maybe someone told him sex makes ...more
And then there’s the weird sexual aspects. It seems like Unnikrishnan needs to shoehorn sex into almost every narrative. Maybe someone told him sex makes ...more
Jun 18, 2019
Sabrina March
marked it as to-read
Jun 18, 2019
Uks
marked it as to-read
