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The Moonstone
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Jun 26, 2017
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Damn those heathen savages trying to get back their stolen sacred stone from them sahibs!
Mildly spoilerish
To my utmost disappointment The Butler, didn't do it :(
Considering that this book was written wayyy back in the 1840-1850s, one needs to ignore
a) the methods of solving a supposed crime and mystery behind certain unexplained events
b) the "oriental" tenor of describing certain ahem races/nationalities (using the term loosely here)
c) the obscure experiments providing confounding astounding and accurate results! (to solve the aforementioned, unexplained events)
d) the multiple POVs (half of which imho added nothing to the story, except for making almost 60% of the content of the book)
Continuing with d) I wish the author had not made this such a lengthy story. Had been it been just the first 15% and last quarter of the book, it would have been a fast paced thriller.
So weighing the likes/dislikes, frustrations and fun that I had while reading this book.
I'l rate it 2.25 stars
It was not TOO bad.
P.S. I was immensely pleased that the natives got their stolen stuff back ;)
Readers Bias! I have a right to it.
P.P.S: somewhere the book mentions the Indian god Moon with four arms riding an antelope.
My search on the world wide web lead me to this link;
Borrowing the images here
Top: The American serial's 4 January 1868 Headnote vignette showing the Brahmins and the idol of the Hindu Moon God. Centre: An expanded version of the same illustration, The Idol of the Moon God in the Peter Fenelon Collier edition (1900). Bottom: An expanded view of the original 1868 vignette, The Diamond and the Ganges (1874, second edition, Chapter 11, p. 90.)
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I would love to get my hands on those illustrated versions!
Mildly spoilerish
To my utmost disappointment The Butler, didn't do it :(
Considering that this book was written wayyy back in the 1840-1850s, one needs to ignore
a) the methods of solving a supposed crime and mystery behind certain unexplained events
b) the "oriental" tenor of describing certain ahem races/nationalities (using the term loosely here)
c) the obscure experiments providing
d) the multiple POVs (half of which imho added nothing to the story, except for making almost 60% of the content of the book)
Continuing with d) I wish the author had not made this such a lengthy story. Had been it been just the first 15% and last quarter of the book, it would have been a fast paced thriller.
So weighing the likes/dislikes, frustrations and fun that I had while reading this book.
I'l rate it 2.25 stars
It was not TOO bad.
P.S. I was immensely pleased that the natives got their stolen stuff back ;)
Readers Bias! I have a right to it.
P.P.S: somewhere the book mentions the Indian god Moon with four arms riding an antelope.
My search on the world wide web lead me to this link;
Borrowing the images here
Top: The American serial's 4 January 1868 Headnote vignette showing the Brahmins and the idol of the Hindu Moon God. Centre: An expanded version of the same illustration, The Idol of the Moon God in the Peter Fenelon Collier edition (1900). Bottom: An expanded view of the original 1868 vignette, The Diamond and the Ganges (1874, second edition, Chapter 11, p. 90.)
***
I would love to get my hands on those illustrated versions!
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Reading Progress
June 15, 2017
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Started Reading
June 15, 2017
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June 24, 2017
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June 24, 2017
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mmxvii
June 24, 2017
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why-do-i-do-this-to-myself
June 25, 2017
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100.0%
June 25, 2017
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Finished Reading
June 26, 2017
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classicus
June 26, 2017
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did-we-read-the-same-book
June 26, 2017
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kindle
June 26, 2017
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tv-audio-adaptations
December 1, 2017
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audio
February 5, 2018
– Shelved as:
door-stopper
September 18, 2018
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historical
October 24, 2018
– Shelved as:
unitedkingdom-england
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Jun 26, 2017 03:52AM
Hehe, Great review!
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After reading this review, I wish I get an abridged version. Jaya, thank you for the review!
Sr3yas wrote: "Hehe, Great review!":) Thanks!
Jokoloyo wrote: "After reading this review, I wish I get an abridged version.
Jaya, thank you for the review!"
Thank you, glad to be of help
And if you don' t mind listening to audio books, BBC has an abridged play version of the same. Its available on youtube
Jaya wrote: "... And if you don' t mind listening to audio books, BBC has an abridged play version of the same. Its available on youtube"Great! Thanks a lot for the info.
Shalini wrote: "Great review :)"eeep! Thanks!!! ^.^
Jokoloyo wrote: "Jaya wrote: "... And if you don' t mind listening to audio books, BBC has an abridged play version of the same. Its available on youtube"
Great! Thanks a lot for the info."
My pleasure :)
Hope it works for you
