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Liked It1 of 1 members found this review helpful “This book was fantastic... brilliantly written and engaging right from the start. Nasneen is a very subtle yet effective heroine, and by the end i even felt some sympathy for the pompous Chanu. the characters are so wonderfully human that you cannot help but feel some affection for them all, from...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“This book chronicles a family (beginning with the young couple before they have children) and their move from India to England, and then how they struggle as their children grow up British rather than Indian, and how they come to terms with their lower-middle class status. I liked it. ”
Meghan B wrote this review 6 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Didn't captivate me.”
Melanie K wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This book is well written, frequently humorous, and provides insight into a culture and lifestyle not often written about. But it took me a loooong time to get through it -- it's dense and detailed.”
MacRae O. wrote this review 4 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Read it halfway through a few years ago, and didn't finish. Will have to try once again. :)”
Radek O wrote this review Friday, November 13 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Interesting how some reviews of this book are as I feel, and others praise the story and the telling of it.
Lydia P wrote this review Friday, November 6 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Personally, I hated it. I couldn't even read past the first 100 pages and for me, that's saying something. The sisters letters to Nazneen made no sense - they were full of choppy language and made my head hurt to read - but it's clear that Nazneen didn't know English so was her sister so uneducated that she didn't know how to form a sentence in her native language?
Nazneen herself was aloof and pitiful to me. I could not relate to her, nor feel genuine pity for her situation. Her husband was typical of what you'd expect in an arranged marriage - and once I got over the grossness of the descriptions of what Nazneen had to do for him (seriously.. do we have to talk about the shaving of corns more than once?) he was easily put out of my mind as something wholly uninteresting and disgusting.
Not worth the hype, in my opinion. ”
“Excellent read! Sad too but shows 2 women's survival”
Susan V wrote this review Friday, November 6 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“It was a very good book about a 19 year old girl growing up, it's about making choices and learning to live with the consequences.”
Cuiying Y wrote this review Friday, November 6 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“painful to read due to the repressed woman, story line didn't alter enough, went to past to present w/difficulty”
Angela J wrote this review Wednesday, November 4 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
