The God of Small Things (1998) (edit title/settings)

• Rated 2 stars

“just ok..”

• Rated 5 stars

“The God of Small Things gives one a confusion of feelings.. Melancholy one moment comic the next... Lucid yet convoluted... The story stays with you long after the last word is read with the sense of having lived through the tragedy.. of having felt the pain of loss...”

• Rated 4 stars

“'The God Of Small Things' - A debut title that doesn't give away the genre of the story, had won the Booker Prize in 1998. That was why I picked this book and kept it waiting on my shelf. I wanted to relish it at leisure, tastefully savoring the hype that it has gathered over the years. Relish I did, every metaphor that Arundhati Roy had carefully chosen to paint the scene live in front of our eyes. The rich frothy vocabulary that blended in smoothly without being forced upon and yet not complicating the narration keeps the reader hooked till the end. I've been to Kerala a couple of times but none of those visits made me experience God’s own country like this book did. The earthen smell of the river banks, the blue sky, dancing palms, the aroma of coconut oil, it is all there described in the minute detail possible. I loved this book for all these and more. But too much of detailing, which was a treat in the beginning, did sometimes bring a satiation feeling, especially as the story progresses. Nevertheless, it is a great work of fiction but Booker Prize really? I will never understand the criteria for nominations and victory of prestigious awards like Booker Prize just like I couldn't figure why ‘Slumdog Millionare’, though a great movie, won so many Oscars in 2008. Maybe I will. The day I take my reading habit beyond entertainment, perhaps as a vocation by itself, then maybe I will.”

• Rated 0 stars

“Good novel.”

• Rated 2 stars

“Confusing as hell at first but then the story got better. Sad.”

• Rated 0 stars

“no me acuerdó del argumento...”

• Rated 5 stars

“This is one of those books I have been wanting to read for ages- one that everyone raves about but which I know is going to take a lot of concentration and time to get through, hence I didn't bother trying to start it until the Xmas/NY holiday. I can understand why it has been so highly praised, and why it won the Booker prize. It has a kind of clever simplicity that contrasts with the complexity of the narrative and breadth of characters. Although written in the third person, much of the story is seen from the perspective of the central characters- the twins Rahel and Estha - as they grow up in modern India and ultimately experience tragic events borne out of their social and extended family circumstances. Apparently, it took Roy 4 years to write it, and this attention to detail shows in many of the beautifully crafted passages and invention on nearly every page. Well worth reading if you can give it the full attention that it deserves, and keep track of all the characters (I drew a family tree on the inside front cover to help me!) ”

• Rated 0 stars

“I WANNA READ THIS BOOKER WINNER'S BOOK TO KNOW WHAT INSPIRED HER TO WRITE IT WHICH TOOK HER 4 YEARS.I have heard that it mentions how the small things in life build up, translate into people's behavior and affect their lives.M looking forward to read it as soon as I finish my latest book "CHINNA KATHA"”

• Rated 5 stars

“Fantabulous! This is one book that would move a rock to tears.”

• Rated 0 stars

“The storyline moves like a mystifier as it goes forward and backward in time. Whole story is chopped to bits and stacked for us to put it together piece by piece and to make us realize how small things add up to a bigger picture. Few remarkable phrases: a viable die-able age, who should be loved, and how, and how much...”