Sabina answers “I am nearly at page 100 and I am really...”

Anne Earley asked this question about Shantaram:

I am nearly at page 100 and I am really not enjoying this book! This is disconcerting as everyone else raves about it! Is it me or is the book? Should I persevere?

Sabina It gets a little better when he moves away from that ridiculously stereotyped bunch of friends but I am still not convinced... I‘m at chapter 9. Some …moreIt gets a little better when he moves away from that ridiculously stereotyped bunch of friends but I am still not convinced... I‘m at chapter 9. Some parts are really interesting and engrossing, some other are ridiculous and the work of an absolute amateur writer! Examples, ridiculous or incomprehensible metaphors:
„…a dream is a place where a wish and a fear meet. When the wish and the fear are exactly the same, we call the dream a nightmare“. Whaaaat? No...
„Smoking the charras had relaxed the muscles of her face and shoulders, but there were tigers moving quickly in the eyes of her soft smile“. Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!?? Eyes of what? Where do you see the tigers? 🤢(less)

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