Deanna Barratt
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Robert Blenheim
I disagree. Although not top-rank Rushdie (i.e., less dense and more accessible than his usual novel), it is a really entertaining read by one of the world's greatest living novelists. Every book he pens is essential to negotiate by any discerning, intelligent reader. In other words, Yes... read it.
Bobby Nelson
Yes, read the book. Rushdie is a master storyteller, and he's spun a good yarn here. Critics find fault with the narrator. He's the narrator, not the ideal hero; and he brings with him the faults and flaws of our age.
Shawn
This is not his best book , I don't think, but its still Salman Rushdie, beautifully written , and very entertaining and horrifying at times. this is great, but doesn't hold up to Midnight's children or even maybe Ground Beneath her Feet. Still written better than 90 percent of the books released this year
J Smith
If you enjoy someone endlessly quoting classic books, other books, poetry, philosophy and films and basically saying to you: "Look how much I know -and if you do not also (or do not have my Google skills), then you are not worthy or intellectual enough to read this.." - then read it. But I would rather recommend "Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights", which is a fascinating modern adult fairy tale.
Kara
;-)
So reviewers did the reading for you, hah.
So reviewers did the reading for you, hah.
Lihsa
Yes.
Excellent commentary on our times and full of fun references, if you like spotting all of the Easter eggs (see: another cultural reference to how films hide their cultural references). I couldn't help draw parallels between the Golden Family and a very similar NY family. And then it goes full on meta, with referential placement of the actual family. Rushdie does an amazing job of incorporating some typical film techniques into a novel.
Not just genre bending--it is also format bending.
Excellent commentary on our times and full of fun references, if you like spotting all of the Easter eggs (see: another cultural reference to how films hide their cultural references). I couldn't help draw parallels between the Golden Family and a very similar NY family. And then it goes full on meta, with referential placement of the actual family. Rushdie does an amazing job of incorporating some typical film techniques into a novel.
Not just genre bending--it is also format bending.
Dean MacAllister
His writing, as usual, is brilliant. The creation of the story and characters are well done. It is just spoiled by his thinly-veiled, biased, political ranting, which pops up too many times to ignore. If you lean right you will spend most of your time wincing. If you lean left then he is just preaching to the choir. If his next book reads the same I will probably stop buying them.
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