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Golden House
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The book starts well - good and solid characters, interesting development of the story. Rushdie discusses about identity in many forms - sexual, national. Then there are interesting forms of delivering the story, different types of narration.
Ok those were the 2 stars. actually, after 60% of the book, i was convinced this book is a 5 stars one.
The problem is, the remaining 40% couldnt save it and actually made the whole story worse. Rushdie literally killed his book. There is so much nonsense in the last part, a lot of pointless writing about trump and hillary clinton and the indian mafia. there is no magical story, there are really bad allegories and comparisions. And for all - boring as hell. This last part is actually the worst i ever read from Rushdie. A real dissapoinment.
As with other books I read this year, this one could have had so much potential.
Ok those were the 2 stars. actually, after 60% of the book, i was convinced this book is a 5 stars one.
The problem is, the remaining 40% couldnt save it and actually made the whole story worse. Rushdie literally killed his book. There is so much nonsense in the last part, a lot of pointless writing about trump and hillary clinton and the indian mafia. there is no magical story, there are really bad allegories and comparisions. And for all - boring as hell. This last part is actually the worst i ever read from Rushdie. A real dissapoinment.
As with other books I read this year, this one could have had so much potential.
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Reading Progress
May 15, 2017
– Shelved
May 15, 2017
– Shelved as:
to-read
October 12, 2017
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Started Reading
October 14, 2017
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9.77%
"„Weil eine Welt ohne Mysterien wie ein Bild ohne Schatten ist, sagte er. Du siehst zu viel, und es zeigt dir nichts�"
page
50
October 14, 2017
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20.12%
"„Ich wollte dich sehen, wollte sehen, ob ich dich hätte sehen wollen�"
page
103
October 16, 2017
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31.25%
"„Sexuelle Identität ist nicht gegeben. Sie ist eine Entscheidung�"
page
160
October 18, 2017
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71.09%
"It was a point, i cannot say for sure, where the great writing turned into a drag, antiTrump
oriented retoric. I wonder how is Rushdie going to fill the last 140 pages...Why??! You were doing so great at page 250???!"
page
364
oriented retoric. I wonder how is Rushdie going to fill the last 140 pages...Why??! You were doing so great at page 250???!"
October 19, 2017
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Finished Reading
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If he wantef to write something to express his antipathy towards Trump, he could have done that in the New Yorker. But to write a book and make him so important as he is almost a main character...that president doesnt deserve so much attention.
I, too, am a fan of Rushdie. I started this one and got about a third of the way through and abandoned it. Nice review, Alex.
It is a question of taste, just as for every book. Maybe if you live in America, closer to „The Clown� you are more in touch with the reality presented in the book. we just hear it from over see
Lol, your “clown� reference made me think of Stephen King’s It. I live in the states and this book just didn’t resonate with me.
A sad state of affairs, but a great review, Alex!