By VS Naipaul
Like as if it were a rule - I would never pick a book written by VS Naipaul and Salman Rushdie. But with their tales they’ve made me fall in love. The transportation to a new place, another time gives me a new high, a surge of new life.
I read the mystic masseur with no expectations – it was my first Naipaul. I loved it.
What I loved in this book? Everything, from the insight into the way Indians live or rather speak in Trinidad and Tobago, to the innocence of the plot and the lesson that when God gives you a lemon, make lemonade – Truly, this tale of really sweet characters just charmed me no end.
As mentioned in my previous posts – it’s not the story but the way the characters are, the depth in them, their introduction and significance that makes for a really sumptuous read.
Definitely – pick it up!
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Monday, June 29, 2009
Twilight
By Stephanie Meyer
Well. Amateur, no creativity, predictable.
Mmmmm Don’t read it. Or do read it if your travel time is also like mine – 2 hours and you forgot your laptop or ipod.
Well. Amateur, no creativity, predictable.
Mmmmm Don’t read it. Or do read it if your travel time is also like mine – 2 hours and you forgot your laptop or ipod.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Interpretation of a Murder
By Jed Rubenfeld
I like books that take me away from my world and into something so different and so mesmerizing that keeping the book down for a moment would be like coming back to the ordinary. Which is quite disheartening at once.
Interpretation of murder was one such book. While I was looking for a good book to read, I came across this book after nearly 2 hours of searching. I took it up especially because Freud is one of the characters and so is his troupe including Karl Jung. It good to understand their theories, work and life and times in a background of a murder mystery or vice versa. This book indeed was a very interesting option.
Of course, I read it in 5 hours between 2 days and definitely it didn’t disappoint me. It gives you a slight history of things that could have happened for Freud and Karl Jung to go their separate ways, the face of New York at the turn of the century and Freud’s fear that America will be going to the dogs.
The story itself is gripping, with unforgettable characters, including a triumvirate, a love story angle and Freud helping in solving the mystery. It’s a complete pot boiler – but better without the tackiness.
When you read books like this you realize its not about the story but the information, the research, the knowledge, the history that makes for a complete book.
I loved it. Read it.
PS: I found 2 things unsolved in this book though.
I like books that take me away from my world and into something so different and so mesmerizing that keeping the book down for a moment would be like coming back to the ordinary. Which is quite disheartening at once.
Interpretation of murder was one such book. While I was looking for a good book to read, I came across this book after nearly 2 hours of searching. I took it up especially because Freud is one of the characters and so is his troupe including Karl Jung. It good to understand their theories, work and life and times in a background of a murder mystery or vice versa. This book indeed was a very interesting option.
Of course, I read it in 5 hours between 2 days and definitely it didn’t disappoint me. It gives you a slight history of things that could have happened for Freud and Karl Jung to go their separate ways, the face of New York at the turn of the century and Freud’s fear that America will be going to the dogs.
The story itself is gripping, with unforgettable characters, including a triumvirate, a love story angle and Freud helping in solving the mystery. It’s a complete pot boiler – but better without the tackiness.
When you read books like this you realize its not about the story but the information, the research, the knowledge, the history that makes for a complete book.
I loved it. Read it.
PS: I found 2 things unsolved in this book though.
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