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A Long Way Home
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I really liked the first quarter of the book when he recollected his experiences as a boy in India. I love memoirs and this was right up my alley. The rest of the book was about his doubts and feelings of depression and his confusion and blah blah blah. It drove me crazy. He grew up in a beautiful, good family in Australia and the story of his adoption as a 5 yr. old was fascinating. But reading about his obsessive search for his family for over 100 pages was awful--he did all of his searching on google maps. So he told about how he spent hours every evening scouring all of India for a familiar landmark. Over. And Over. And Over. Then reading about how he felt about everything for another 50 pages was not fun, so I eventually stopped. :) Also, it wasn't very well written.
So: Really cool story, but it could have been told with just as much content and umph in about 60 pages.
So: Really cool story, but it could have been told with just as much content and umph in about 60 pages.
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Mar 14, 2017 01:03PM
I feel exactly the same. I couldn't wait for the book to stop after he had found his family. That's all I needed to know. Too much introspection afterward.
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Thank goodness someone else felt the same way! I saw how most people gave this book 4 or 5 stars, so I felt guilty giving it two stars. It’s not like I didn’t enjoy the plot, but he just rambled about his emotions for way too long. I felt exactly the same as you
Until you walk in the shoes of an adoptee it is almost impossible to understand the lengths those you have lost their kin, will go to to be reunited. Expecting Saroo is be the grateful adoptee buys into one of the many malignant myths of adoption.
I agree completely with Jen. My wife and I run a foster home and oversee several foster families in Central America and trauma is real. The pain adoptees potentially go through is deep and this process is sometimes needed. It does not negate the fact he grew up in a wonderful and supportive adoptive family. But having information about his family and his origins have the opportunity to bring closure and much needed healing.
