Pam Walter 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?

Pam Walter Good Luck. I am 100 pages into it, and see this author waxing philosophical in the vein of Dostoevsky's "The Idiot", which I did not enjoy at all. I a…moreGood Luck. I am 100 pages into it, and see this author waxing philosophical in the vein of Dostoevsky's "The Idiot", which I did not enjoy at all. I am going to continue for a while. I don't usually quit a book unless it just totally bores me. This is not my review of "The Idiot", but I wish it was!! http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Th...(less)

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Lindsey Worth Sorry you didn't like it. It's an amazing read. Loved his descriptions of Mumbai and Afghanistan, and the underworld. ...more
Oct 01, 2016 06:31PM · flag

Jone Brady I love this book and can not see how anyone could compare it to the idiot. Well, to each his own said the woman as she kissed the cow.
Apr 26, 2021 08:36PM · flag

Allen Horne Not liking The Idiot has nothing to do with the novel. But you can't compare it to Shantaram. I've read it probably four times. The only challenge I f ...more
Dec 24, 2022 08:37PM · flag

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