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Estha and Rahel are fraternal twins living with their mothers extended family after their parents divorce. The book mostly takes place around a tragic event when the twins are children though it also includes events from when they are 31 years old. The book has a very non-linear timeline which I didn't like and found a bit confusing. The story mainly deals with love and who is it acceptable to love along with family dynamics. The story was very dark. The writing was beautiful in places but I nev
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Sorry--thought I'd give Roy a chance, seeing as this book won the Booker Prizer, but nah. Couldn't wait to finish it. Didn't like the extremely fragmented & convoluted way that the story unfolded, or the way the characters were drawn--goodness, how could one keep track of them the way things were written. I didn't like the silly & sometimes obscurantist way the English was written. Maybe on a 2nd read it would all make better sense--but I can't ever see myself reading it a 2nd time (which in its
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